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場所は西バージニア州の遠く離れた小さな山村。

Sentence Analyzer

場所 西 バージニア州 遠く 離れた 小さな 山村

English Translation

The scene was a tiny mountain village in a remote section of West Virginia.

Furigana

場所(ばしょ)西(にし)バージニア(しゅう)(とお)(はな)れた(ちい)さな山村(さんそん)

Romanji

Basho wa nishi Ba-Jiniashū no tōku hanareta chiisana sanson.

Words

場所 (ばしょ)
place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
西 (にし)
west
()
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
遠い (とおい)
far; distant
離れる (はなれる)
to be separated; to be apart; to be distant; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit; to give up; to lose connection with; to drift away from
小さな (ちいさな)
small; little; tiny
山村 (さんそん)
mountain village

Kanji

Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
Meaning: place
西
Readings: セイ、 サイ、 ス、 にし
Meanings: west, Spain
Readings: シュウ、 ス、 す
Meanings: state, province
Readings: エン、 オン、 とお.い
Meanings: distant, far
Readings: リ、 はな.れる、 はな.す
Meanings: detach, separation, disjoin, digress
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: サン、 セン、 やま
Meaning: mountain
Readings: ソン、 むら
Meanings: village, town