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UFOは飛行機とは到底思えないジグザグの動きで、東の山に飛んでいった。

Sentence Analyzer

UFO 飛行機 到底 思えない じぐざぐ 動き 飛んでいった

English Translation

The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.

Furigana

UFOは飛行機(ひこうき)とは到底(とうてい)(おも)えないジグザグの(うご)きで、(ひがし)(やま)()んでいった。

Romanji

Yu-efuo- wa hikōki to wa tōtei omoenai jiguzagu no ugoki de, higashi no yama ni tondeitta.

Words

UFO (ユーフォー)
unidentified flying object; UFO
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
飛行機 (ひこうき)
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
到底 (とうてい)
(cannot) possibly; no matter how
思える (おもえる)
to seem; to appear likely
ジグザグ (ジグザグ)
zig-zag
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
動き (うごき)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change; fluctuation
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
(ひがし、ひむかし、ひんがし)
east
(やま)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; mountain climbing; mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall; wall tile; temple; temple grounds; wild
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
飛ぶ (とぶ)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: トウ、 いた.る
Meanings: arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in
Readings: テイ、 そこ
Meanings: bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: トウ、 ひがし
Meaning: east
Readings: サン、 セン、 やま
Meaning: mountain