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Zach

小さいおうちは野原の草が緑に変わるのをみました。

Sentence Analyzer

小さい うち 野原 変わる みました

English Translation

She watched the grass turn green.

Furigana

(ちい)さいおうちは野原(のはら)(くさ)(みどり)()わるのをみました。

Romanji

Chiisai o uchi wa nohara no kusa ga midori ni kawaru no o mimashita.

Words

小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(うち、ち)
house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
野原 (のはら)
field
()
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
(くさ)
grass; weed; herb; thatch; ninja; not genuine; substandard
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(みどり)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
()
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
変わる (かわる)
to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
見る (みる)
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: ゲン、 はら
Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Readings: ソウ、 くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
Meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Readings: リョク、 ロク、 みどり
Meaning: green
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange