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流しの横にお皿を積んでおいてくだされば、後で私が洗います。

Sentence Analyzer

流し 積んでおいてくだされば 後で 洗います

English Translation

If you stack the dishes up by the sink, I'll do them later.

Furigana

(なが)しの(よこ)にお(さら)()んでおいてくだされば、(あと)(わたし)(あら)います。

Romanji

Nagashi no yoko ni o sara o tsundeoitekudasareba, atode watashi ga araimasu.

Words

流す (ながす)
to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears); to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to broadcast; to beam; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float; to set adrift; to call off (a meeting, etc.)
()
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
(よこ)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(さら)
plate; dish; platter; disc; serving; helping; course; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
()
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.
積む (つむ)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
後で (あとで)
afterwards
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
洗う (あらう)
to wash; to investigate

Kanji

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Readings: オウ、 よこ
Meanings: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
Readings: ベイ、 さら
Meanings: dish, a helping, plate
Readings: セキ、 つ.む、 -づ.み、 つ.もる、 つ.もり
Meanings: volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
Readings: ゴ、 コウ、 のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
Meanings: behind, back, later
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe