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Zach

うちが援助してる酒造さんがね、新しい甘酒を造ったから試飲してみてくださいって持ってきてくれたんだけど・・・。

Sentence Analyzer

うち 援助してる 酒造 さん 新しい 甘酒 造った から 試飲してみて ください って 持ってきてくれた けど

English Translation

A brewery we finance has made a new sweet sake and brought some to us asking us to try it.

Furigana

うちが援助(えんじょ)してる酒造(しゅぞう)さんがね、(あたら)しい甘酒(あまざけ)(つく)ったから試飲(しいん)してみてくださいって()ってきてくれたんだけど・・・。

Romanji

Uchi ga enjoshiteru shuzō san ga ne, atarashii amazake o tsukutta kara shiinshitemite kudasai tte mottekitekureta n da kedo.

Words

(うち、ち)
house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
援助 (えんじょ)
assistance; aid; support
酒造 (しゅぞう)
sake brewing
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not
新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
甘酒 (あまざけ)
sweet half sake; sweet drink made from fermented rice
()
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.
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
試飲 (しいん)
sampling a drink; tasting
下さる (くださる)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor
って (って、て)
casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.
持つ (もつ)
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of
()
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
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

Kanji

Reading: エン
Meanings: abet, help, save
Readings: ジョ、 たす.ける、 たす.かる、 す.ける、 すけ
Meanings: help, rescue, assist
Readings: シュ、 さけ、 さか-
Meanings: sake, alcohol
Readings: ゾウ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: create, make, structure, physique
Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: カン、 あま.い、 あま.える、 あま.やかす、 うま.い
Meanings: sweet, coax, pamper, be content, sugary
Readings: シ、 こころ.みる、 ため.す
Meanings: test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
Readings: イン、 オン、 の.む、 -の.み
Meanings: drink, smoke, take
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have