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下手の横好きで撮影している写真を日記とともに紹介しています。

Sentence Analyzer

下手 横好き 撮影している 写真 日記 とともに 紹介しています

English Translation

I'm introducing some pictures I took, dabbling in photography, along with my diary.

Furigana

下手(へた)横好(よこず)きで撮影(さつえい)している写真(しゃしん)日記(にっき)とともに紹介(しょうかい)しています。

Romanji

Heta no yokozuki de satsueishiteiru shashin o nikki totomoni shōkaishiteimasu.

Words

下手 (へた)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
()
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
横好き (よこずき)
being crazy about something, but not be good at it
(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.
撮影 (さつえい)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
写真 (しゃしん)
photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie
()
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.
日記 (にっき)
diary; journal
と共に (とともに)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
紹介 (しょうかい)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing

Kanji

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: オウ、 よこ
Meanings: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something
Readings: サツ、 と.る、 つま.む、 -ど.り
Meanings: snapshot, take pictures
Readings: エイ、 かげ
Meanings: shadow, silhouette, phantom
Readings: シャ、 ジャ、 うつ.す、 うつ.る、 うつ-、 うつ.し
Meanings: copy, be photographed, describe
Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと
Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Reading: ショウ
Meanings: introduce, inherit, help
Reading: カイ
Meanings: jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with