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洗面器の水がかちかちに凍った。

Sentence Analyzer

洗面器 かちかち 凍った

English Translation

The water in the basin has frozen solid.

Furigana

洗面器(せんめんき)(みず)がかちかちに(こお)った。

Romanji

Senmenki no mizu ga kachikachi ni kōtta.

Words

洗面器 (せんめんき)
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
()
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
(みず、み)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
かちかち (かちかち、こちこち、カチカチ、コチコチ)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; clicking; clacking; clattering; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted; scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened
()
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
凍る (こおる)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

Kanji

Readings: セン、 あら.う
Meanings: wash, inquire into, probe
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: キ、 うつわ
Meanings: utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: トウ、 こお.る、 こご.える、 こご.る、 い.てる、 し.みる
Meanings: frozen, congeal, refrigerate