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前の日曜日、母が素敵な服を買ってくれた。

Sentence Analyzer

日曜日 素敵な 買ってくれた

English Translation

Mother bought me a nice dress last Sunday.

Furigana

(まえ)日曜日(にちようび)(はは)素敵(すてき)(ふく)()ってくれた。

Romanji

Mae no nichiyōbi, haha ga sutekina fuku o kattekureta.

Words

(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
()
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
日曜日 (にちようび)
Sunday
(はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)
mother
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
素敵 (すてき)
lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital
(ふく)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
()
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.
買う (かう)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

Kanji

Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Reading: ヨウ
Meaning: weekday
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: ソ、 ス、 もと
Meanings: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Readings: テキ、 かたき、 あだ、 かな.う
Meanings: enemy, foe, opponent
Reading: フク
Meanings: clothing, admit, obey, discharge
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy