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第4に、日本の私のホームルームのクラスには、能力が大幅に違う生徒がいました。

Sentence Analyzer

日本 ホームルーム くらす 能力 大幅 違う 生徒 いました

English Translation

Fourth, my homeroom class in Japan included students of a wide range of abilities.

Furigana

(だい)4に、日本(にっぽん)(わたし)のホームルームのクラスには、能力(のうりょく)大幅(おおはば)(ちが)生徒(せいと)がいました。

Romanji

Dai yon ni, Nippon no watashi no ho-muru-mu no kurasu ni wa, nōryoku ga ōhaba ni chigau seito ga imashita.

Words

(だい)
ordinal
(し、よん、よ)
four
()
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
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
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
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
ホームルーム (ホームルーム)
homeroom; form room; form class
クラス (クラス)
class
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
能力 (のうりょく)
ability; faculty
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
大幅 (おおはば)
big; large; drastic; substantial; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
違う (ちがう)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?; wasn't it?
生徒 (せいと)
pupil
居る (いる)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: フク、 はば
Meanings: hanging scroll, width
Readings: イ、 ちが.う、 ちが.い、 ちが.える、 -ちが.える、 たが.う、 たが.える
Meanings: difference, differ
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: ト、 いたずら、 あだ
Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people