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鉄のカーテンがヨーロッパ大陸におりた。

Sentence Analyzer

かーてん ヨーロッパ 大陸 おりた

English Translation

An iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

Furigana

(てつ)のカーテンがヨーロッパ大陸(たいりく)におりた。

Romanji

Tetsu no ka-ten ga Yo-Roppa tairiku ni orita.

Words

(てつ)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
()
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
ガーデン (ガーデン)
garden
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
欧羅巴 (ヨーロッパ)
Europe
大陸 (たいりく)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
()
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
降りる (おりる)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

Kanji

Readings: テツ、 くろがね
Meaning: iron
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: リク、 ロク、 おか
Meanings: land, six