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Zach

そうです、異常音は空冷ファンの最後の断末魔だったのです。

Sentence Analyzer

そう です 異常音 空冷 ふぁん 最後 断末魔 だった です

English Translation

That's right, that strange sound was the final death scream of the cooling fan.

Furigana

そうです、異常音(いじょうおん)空冷(くうれい)ファンの最後(さいご)断末魔(だんまつま)だったのです。

Romanji

Sō desu, ijōon wa kūrei fuxan no saigo no danmatsuma datta no desu.

Words

そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
です (です)
be; is
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
空冷 (くうれい)
air cooling
ファン (ファン)
fan; fun
()
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
最後 (さいご)
last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments
断末魔 (だんまつま)
death agony
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: イ、 こと、 こと.なる、 け
Meanings: uncommon, different, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-
Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Readings: レイ、 つめ.たい、 ひ.える、 ひ.や、 ひ.ややか、 ひ.やす、 ひ.やかす、 さ.める、 さ.ます
Meanings: cool, cold (beer, person), chill
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: ゴ、 コウ、 のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
Meanings: behind, back, later
Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める
Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting
Readings: マツ、 バツ、 すえ
Meanings: end, close, tip, powder, posterity
Reading: 
Meanings: witch, demon, evil spirit