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Zach

駄目だよ。君、背が高いんだから前衛に来てくれないと。

Sentence Analyzer

駄目 高い から 前衛 来てくれない

English Translation

That's no good! You're tall so you've got to be in the forward defence.

Furigana

駄目(だめ)だよ。(きみ)()(たか)いんだから前衛(ぜんえい)()てくれないと。

Romanji

Dame da yo. kimi, se ga takai n da kara zen'ei ni kitekurenai to.

Words

駄目 (だめ、ダメ)
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!
(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
(せい)
height; stature
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
高い (たかい)
high; tall; expensive
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
前衛 (ぜんえい)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
()
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
来る (くる)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

Kanji

Readings: ダ、 タ
Meanings: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse
Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-
Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Readings: ハイ、 せ、 せい、 そむ.く、 そむ.ける
Meanings: stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: エイ、 エ
Meanings: defense, protection
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become