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少年は大きくなって、古い服がどれも小さくて着られなくなってしまった。

Sentence Analyzer

少年 大きく なって 古い どれ 小さくて 着られなく なってしまった

English Translation

The boy has grown out of all his old clothes.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)(おお)きくなって、(ふる)(ふく)がどれも(ちい)さくて()られなくなってしまった。

Romanji

Shōnen wa ōkiku natte, furui fuku ga dore mo chiisakute kirarenaku natteshimatta.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
大きい (おおきい)
big; large; great; loud
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 ...
古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
(ふく)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
何れ (どれ)
which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
着る (きる)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Reading: フク
Meanings: clothing, admit, obey, discharge
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: チャク、 ジャク、 き.る、 -ぎ、 き.せる、 -き.せ、 つ.く、 つ.ける
Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing