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Zach

黒魔法の話を聞きたいです。学院ではさわりしか聞いたことがないんですが興味があります。

Sentence Analyzer

魔法 聞きたい です 学院 さわり しか 聞いた こと ない です 興味 あります

English Translation

I'd like to hear about black magic. I was only told the highlights in the academy, and it interests me.

Furigana

(くろ)魔法(まほう)(はなし)()きたいです。学院(がくいん)ではさわりしか()いたことがないんですが興味(きょうみ)があります。

Romanji

Kuro mahō no hanashi o kikitai desu. gakuin de wa sawari shika kiita koto ga nai n desu ga kyōmi ga arimasu.

Words

(くろ)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
魔法 (まほう)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery
()
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
(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
聞く (きく)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance
です (です)
be; is
学院 (がくいん)
institute; academy
(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
障り (さわり)
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
しか (しか)
only; nothing but
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
()
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")
興味 (きょうみ)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Readings: コク、 くろ、 くろ.ずむ、 くろ.い
Meaning: black
Reading: 
Meanings: witch, demon, evil spirit
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Reading: イン
Meanings: Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
Readings: コウ、 キョウ、 おこ.る、 おこ.す
Meanings: entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste