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Zach

草に霜が降りている。

Sentence Analyzer

降りている

English Translation

There is frost on the grass.

Furigana

(くさ)(しも)()りている。

Romanji

Kusa ni shimo ga oriteiru.

Words

(くさ)
grass; weed; herb; thatch; ninja; not genuine; substandard
()
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
(しも)
frost
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
降りる (おりる)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

Kanji

Readings: ソウ、 くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
Meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Readings: ソウ、 しも
Meaning: frost
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