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一面の黄色は、どう繁茂したのか見当もつかないヒマワリの群れだ。

Sentence Analyzer

黄色 どう 繁茂した 見当 つかない ヒマワリ 群れ

English Translation

The landscape of yellow, a mass of sunflowers flourishing beyond measure.

Furigana

(いち)(めん)黄色(きいろ)は、どう繁茂(はんも)したのか見当(けんとう)もつかないヒマワリの()れだ。

Romanji

Ichi men no kiiro wa, dō hanmoshita no ka kentō mo tsukanai himawari no mure da.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(めん)
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect; facet; side; chamfer; counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
()
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
黄色 (きいろ、こうしょく、おうしょく)
yellow; amber
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
繁茂 (はんも)
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
見当 (けんとう)
aim; mark; estimate; guess; approximation; direction
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
注ぐ (つぐ)
(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink
向日葵 (ひまわり、ヒマワリ)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
群れ (むれ)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: コウ、 オウ、 き、 こ-
Meaning: yellow
Readings: ショク、 シキ、 いろ
Meaning: color
Readings: ハン、 しげ.る、 しげ.く
Meanings: luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble
Readings: モ、 しげ.る
Meanings: overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: グン、 む.れる、 む.れ、 むら、 むら.がる
Meanings: flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm, cluster