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昇る朝日は何と美しいのだろう。

Sentence Analyzer

昇る 朝日 美しい だろう

English Translation

How beautiful the rising sun is!

Furigana

(のぼ)朝日(あさひ)(なに)(うつく)しいのだろう。

Romanji

Noboru Asahi wa nani to utsukushii no darou.

Words

上る (のぼる)
to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)
朝日 (あさひ)
morning sun
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
美しい (うつくしい)
beautiful; lovely
()
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
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be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 のぼ.る
Meaning: rise up
Readings: チョウ、 あさ
Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful