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Zach

水槽にボウフラがうようよしている。

Sentence Analyzer

水槽 ぼうふら うようよ している

English Translation

The water tank teems with mosquito larvae.

Furigana

水槽(すいそう)にボウフラがうようよしている。

Romanji

Suisō ni bōfura ga uyouyo shiteiru.

Words

水槽 (すいそう)
water tank; cistern; fish tank
()
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
孑孑 (ぼうふら、ぼうふり、ボーフラ、ボウフラ)
mosquito larva; wriggler; maggot
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
うようよ (うようよ)
in swarms; crawling with
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

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Readings: ソウ、 ふね
Meanings: vat, tub, tank