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Zach

彼はその恐竜の精巧な縮小模型をじっと見つめた。

Sentence Analyzer

その 恐竜 精巧な 縮小 模型 じっと 見つめた

English Translation

He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.

Furigana

(かれ)はその恐竜(きょうりゅう)精巧(せいこう)縮小(しゅくしょう)模型(もけい)をじっと()つめた。

Romanji

Kare wa sono kyōryū no seikōna shukushō mokei o jitto mitsumeta.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
恐竜 (きょうりゅう)
dinosaur
()
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
精巧 (せいこう)
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
縮小 (しゅくしょう)
reduction; curtailment
模型 (もけい)
model; dummy; maquette
()
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.
凝乎と (じっと、じーっと、じーと、じいっと)
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically; firmly (e.g. hold); restrained
見つめる (みつめる)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: キョウ、 おそ.れる、 おそ.る、 おそ.ろしい、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる
Meanings: fear, dread, awe
Readings: リュウ、 リョウ、 ロウ、 たつ、 いせ
Meanings: dragon, imperial
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 シヤウ
Meanings: refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
Readings: コウ、 たく.み、 たく.む、 うま.い
Meanings: adroit, skilled, ingenuity
Readings: シュク、 ちぢ.む、 ちぢ.まる、 ちぢ.める、 ちぢ.れる、 ちぢ.らす
Meanings: shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: モ、 ボ
Meanings: imitation, copy, mock
Readings: ケイ、 かた、 -がた
Meanings: mould, type, model
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible