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Zach

彼は電車の中で、態と私の足を踏みました。

Sentence Analyzer

電車 態と 踏みました

English Translation

He trod on my foot on purpose in the train.

Furigana

(かれ)電車(でんしゃ)(なか)で、(わざ)(わたし)(あし)()みました。

Romanji

Kare wa densha no naka de, wazato watashi no ashi o fumimashita.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
電車 (でんしゃ)
train; electric train
()
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
(なか)
inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while
(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.
態と (わざと)
on purpose
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
(あし)
foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin
()
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.
踏む (ふむ)
to step on; to tread on; to experience; to undergo; to estimate; to value; to appraise; to rhyme; to inherit (the throne, etc.); to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: タイ、 わざ.と
Meanings: attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
Readings: トウ、 ふ.む、 ふ.まえる
Meanings: step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment