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Zach

人々はガスでいきが苦しくなった。

Sentence Analyzer

人々 がす いき 苦しく なった

English Translation

People were choked with the gas.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)はガスでいきが(くる)しくなった。

Romanji

Hitobito wa gasu de iki ga kurushiku natta.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)
each person; people; men and women; everybody
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
瓦斯 (ガス)
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; petrol; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker; gas range; flatulence; gas; wind; fart
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
生き (いき、イキ)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; vitality; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains contains two or more gaps (in go); stet; leave as-is (proofreading); damned
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
苦しい (くるしい)
painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation); painful (position); (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl