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若者ばかりのそのコンサート会場でおじさんのわたしはすっかりまわりから浮いていた。

Sentence Analyzer

若者 ばかり その コンサート 会場 おじさん わたし すっかり まわり から 浮いていた

English Translation

Being at the concert hall full of young kids made an old duffer like me feel out of tune.

Furigana

若者(わかもの)ばかりのそのコンサート会場(かいじょう)でおじさんのわたしはすっかりまわりから()いていた。

Romanji

Wakamono bakari no sono konsa-to kaijō de ojisan no watashi wa sukkari mawari kara uiteita.

Words

若者 (わかもの)
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly
()
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
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
コンサート (コンサート)
concert
会場 (かいじょう)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
(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.
伯父さん (おじさん、オジサン)
uncle; old man; mister (vocative); manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
すっかり (すっかり)
all; completely; thoroughly
周り (まわり)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
浮く (うく)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you); to feel out of place; to be frivolous; to be uncertain; to have (time, money, etc.) left over; to be saved (e.g. money); to have no basis; to be unreliable

Kanji

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: フ、 う.く、 う.かれる、 う.かぶ、 む、 う.かべる
Meanings: floating, float, rise to surface