葬式には黒い服を着ていくのが習慣です。

Sentence Analyzer

葬式には黒い服を着ていくのが習慣です。

English Translation

It is traditional to wear black to a funeral.

Furigana

葬式(そうしき)には黒(くろ)い服(ふく)を着(き)ていくのが習慣(しゅうかん)です。

Romanji

Sōshiki ni wa kuroi fuku o kiteiku no ga shūkan desu.

Words

葬式 (そうしき)

funeral

に (に)

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

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

黒い (くろい)

black; dark; illicit; wicked; underground

服 (ふく)

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

を (を)

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.

着る (きる)

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

の (の)

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

です (です)

be; is