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知り合いの修理屋さんに電話して壊れた洗濯機をすぐさま直してもらうわ。

Sentence Analyzer

知り合い 修理屋 さん 電話して 壊れた 洗濯機 すぐさま 直してもらう

English Translation

I'll call a repairman I know who'll be at your house to fix the washing machine promptly.

Furigana

()()いの修理屋(しゅうりや)さんに電話(でんわ)して(こわ)れた洗濯機(せんたくき)をすぐさま(なお)してもらうわ。

Romanji

Shiriai no shūriya san ni denwashite kowareta sentakuki o sugusama naoshitemorau wa.

Words

知り合い (しりあい)
acquaintance
()
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
修理屋 (しゅうりや)
repair workshop; garage; repairman
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
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
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
壊れる (こわれる)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
洗濯機 (せんたくき、せんたっき)
washing machine (laundry)
()
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.
直ぐ様 (すぐさま)
immediately; promptly
治す (なおす)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform
()
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; wah!; boo!

Kanji

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ、 あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1
Readings: シュウ、 シュ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる
Meanings: discipline, conduct oneself well, study, master
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: カイ、 エ、 こわ.す、 こわ.れる、 やぶ.る
Meanings: demolition, break, destroy
Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe
Readings: タク、 すす.ぐ、 ゆす.ぐ
Meanings: laundry, wash, pour on, rinse
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: チョク、 ジキ、 ジカ、 ただ.ちに、 なお.す、 -なお.す、 なお.る、 なお.き、 す.ぐ
Meanings: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair