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電車は待つことが退屈だ。

Sentence Analyzer

電車 待つ こと 退屈

English Translation

It's boring to wait for a train.

Furigana

電車(でんしゃ)()つことが退屈(たいくつ)だ。

Romanji

Densha wa matsu koto ga taikutsu da.

Words

電車 (でんしゃ)
train; electric train
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
待つ (まつ)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
(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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
退屈 (たいくつ)
tedium; boredom
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち
Meanings: wait, depend on
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
Readings: クツ、 かが.む、 かが.める
Meanings: yield, bend, flinch, submit