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Zach

友達が私の誕生日を祝ってくれた。

Sentence Analyzer

友達 誕生日 祝ってくれた

English Translation

My friends celebrated my birthday.

Furigana

友達(ともだち)(わたし)誕生日(たんじょうび)(いわ)ってくれた。

Romanji

Tomodachi ga watashi no tanjōbi o iwattekureta.

Words

友達 (ともだち)
friend; companion
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
誕生日 (たんじょうび)
birthday
()
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.
祝う (いわう)
to congratulate; to celebrate; to observe (a festival)

Kanji

Readings: ユウ、 とも
Meaning: friend
Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち
Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Reading: タン
Meanings: nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シュク、 シュウ、 いわ.う
Meanings: celebrate, congratulate