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アルフォンスが空を見上げたまま、速く流れる雲を見つめていた。

Sentence Analyzer

アルフォンス 見上げた まま 速く 流れる 見つめていた

English Translation

Alphonse looked at the racing clouds, his eyes turned to the sky.

Furigana

アルフォンスが(そら)見上(みあ)げたまま、(はや)(なが)れる(くも)()つめていた。

Romanji

Arufuxonsu ga sora o miageta mama, hayaku nagareru kumo o mitsumeteita.

Words

()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(そら)
sky; the heavens
()
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.
見上げる (みあげる)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
乳母 (うば、めのと、おんば、にゅうぼ、ちうば、ちおも、ちも、にゅうも、まま)
wet nurse; nursing mother
早い (はやい)
fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick
流れる (ながれる)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate; to be heard (e.g. music); to be played; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair); to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted; to be called off; to be forfeited; to disappear; to be removed
(くも)
cloud
見つめる (みつめる)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

Kanji

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: ソク、 はや.い、 はや-、 はや.める、 すみ.やか
Meanings: quick, fast
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Readings: ウン、 くも、 -ぐも
Meaning: cloud