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彼らの間でつまらないことをめぐってけんかが始まった。

Sentence Analyzer

彼ら つまらない こと をめぐって けんか 始まった

English Translation

A fight started about nothing between them.

Furigana

(かれ)らの()でつまらないことをめぐってけんかが(はじ)まった。

Romanji

Karera no ma de tsumaranai koto omegutte kenka ga hajimatta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
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
()
space; room; time; pause
(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.
詰らない (つまらない)
dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious; insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless; absurd; foolish; silly; stupid; useless; pointless; disappointing
(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
を巡って (をめぐって)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
喧嘩 (けんか)
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
始まる (はじまる)
to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin