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大きな雪片がひらひらと降った。

Sentence Analyzer

大きな 雪片 ひらひら 降った

English Translation

Snow fell in large flakes.

Furigana

(おお)きな雪片(せっぺん)がひらひらと()った。

Romanji

Ōkina seppen ga hirahira to futta.

Words

大きな (おおきな)
big; large; great
雪片 (せっぺん)
snowflake
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
ひらひら (ひらひら、ヒラヒラ)
flutter; flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
下る (くだる)
to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: セツ、 ゆき
Meaning: snow
Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた
Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)
Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す
Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender