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Zach

連絡しなかったのは、特別なことが何もなかったせいです。

Sentence Analyzer

連絡しなかった 特別な こと なかった せい です

English Translation

The reason for my silence is there was nothing special to write about.

Furigana

連絡(れんらく)しなかったのは、特別(とくべつ)なことが(なに)もなかったせいです。

Romanji

Renrakushinakatta no wa, tokubetsuna koto ga nani mo nakatta sei desu.

Words

連絡 (れんらく)
to contact; to get in touch; contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message; connection; coordination; junction; intercalary; intercalaris; internuncial
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
特別 (とくべつ)
special
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
所為 (せい、せえ)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: レン、 つら.なる、 つら.ねる、 つ.れる、 -づ.れ
Meanings: take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
Readings: ラク、 から.む、 から.まる
Meanings: entwine, coil around, get caught in
Reading: トク
Meaning: special
Readings: ベツ、 わか.れる、 わ.ける
Meanings: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what