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ビックリしたよ、温泉宿がお魚の養殖場になってたんだね。

Sentence Analyzer

びっくりした 温泉 宿 養殖場 なってた

English Translation

What a surprise! The onsen lodge had turned into a fish breeding farm.

Furigana

ビックリしたよ、温泉(おんせん)宿(やど)がお(さかな)養殖場(ようしょくじょう)になってたんだね。

Romanji

Bikkurishita yo, onsen yado ga o sakana no yōshokujō ni natteta n da ne.

Words

吃驚 (びっくり、ビックリ)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be astonished; to get startled; to jump; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!
温泉 (おんせん)
spa; hot spring; onsen
宿 (やど)
lodging; inn; hotel; house; home; dwelling; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(さかな、うお)
fish
()
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
養殖場 (ようしょくじょう)
nursery; (breeding) farm
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
()
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")
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

Kanji

Readings: オン、 あたた.か、 あたた.かい、 あたた.まる、 あたた.める、 ぬく
Meaning: warm
Readings: セン、 いずみ
Meanings: spring, fountain
宿
Readings: シュク、 やど、 やど.る、 やど.す
Meanings: inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
Readings: ギョ、 うお、 さかな、 -ざかな
Meaning: fish
Readings: ヨウ、 リョウ、 やしな.う
Meanings: foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
Readings: ショク、 ふ.える、 ふ.やす
Meanings: augment, increase, multiply, raise
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place