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通りが騒がしかったが、私は自分の名前が呼ばれるのが聞こえた。

Sentence Analyzer

通り 騒がしかった 自分 名前 呼ばれる 聞こえた

English Translation

Thought it was noise on the street, I could hear my name called.

Furigana

(とお)りが(さわ)がしかったが、(わたし)自分(じぶん)名前(なまえ)()ばれるのが()こえた。

Romanji

Tōri ga sawagashikatta ga, watashi wa jibun no namae ga yobareru no ga kikoeta.

Words

通り (とおり)
avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
騒がしい (さわがしい)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
自分 (じぶん)
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you
()
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
名前 (なまえ)
name; full name; given name; first name
呼ぶ (よぶ)
to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife
聞こえる (きこえる)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

Kanji

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: ソウ、 さわ.ぐ、 うれい、 さわ.がしい
Meanings: boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 な、 -な
Meanings: name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: コ、 よ.ぶ
Meanings: call, call out to, invite
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen