誰が階下に住んでいますか。

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誰 が 階下 に 住んでいます か 。

English Translation

Who lives in the room below?

Furigana

誰(だれ)が階下(かいか)に住(す)んでいますか。

Romanji

Dare ga kaika ni sundeimasu ka.

Words

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

階下 (かいか)

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

に (に)

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

階

Readings: カイ、 きざはし

Meanings: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building

下

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる

Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior

住

Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい

Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit