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息子が何か悪いことをしていないときは、必ず眠っている。

Sentence Analyzer

息子 悪い こと していない とき 必ず 眠っている

English Translation

When my son is doing nothing bad, he is sleeping.

Furigana

息子(むすこ)(なに)(わる)いことをしていないときは、(かなら)(ねむ)っている。

Romanji

Musuko ga nani ka warui koto o shiteinai toki wa, kanarazu nemutteiru.

Words

息子 (むすこ、そく)
son; penis
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
()
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
悪い (わるい)
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
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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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
とき (とき)
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
必ず (かならず)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)
to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

Kanji

Readings: ソク、 いき
Meanings: breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy