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Zach

あれ?何だろ?パフォーマンスでもやってるのか?

Sentence Analyzer

あれ だろ パフォーマンス でも やってる

English Translation

Hello, what's that? Somebody doing street theatre or something?

Furigana

あれ?(なに)だろ?パフォーマンスでもやってるのか?

Romanji

Are? nani daro? pafuxo-mansu demo yatteru no ka?

Words

(あれ、あ)
that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly); that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors); over there; down there (i.e. one's genitals); period; menses; hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?; that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
パフォーマンス (パフォーマンス、パーフォーマンス)
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
遣る (やる)
to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...
()
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
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what