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Zach

「きれいな宝石ですね」、適当な話題かどうかわからないが、とりあえずそう水を向けてみた。

Sentence Analyzer

きれいな 宝石 です 適当な 話題 どう わからない とりあえず そう 向けてみた

English Translation

"Pretty gem, isn't it?" Not knowing if it was a suitable subject or not, but anyway I tried to get her interest that way.

Furigana

「きれいな宝石(ほうせき)ですね」、適当(てきとう)話題(わだい)かどうかわからないが、とりあえずそう(みず)()けてみた。

Romanji

" kireina hōseki desu ne", tekitōna wadai ka dō ka wakaranai ga, toriaezu sō mizu o muketemita.

Words

綺麗 (きれい)
pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; entirely
宝石 (ほうせき)
gem; jewel; precious stone
です (です)
be; is
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not
適当 (てきとう)
suitable; proper; appropriate; adequate; fit; noncommittal; vague; equivocal; unserious; irresponsible
話題 (わだい)
topic; subject
()
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
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
分かる (わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
取りあえず (とりあえず)
at once; first of all; for the time being; for now
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
(みず、み)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
()
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.
向ける (むける)
to turn towards; to point

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 たから
Meanings: treasure, wealth, valuables
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 コク、 いし
Meaning: stone
Readings: テキ、 かな.う
Meanings: suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach