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Zach

車のナンバーを書き留められなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

車 の ナンバー を 書き留められなかった 。

English Translation

I was unable to write down the number of the car.

Furigana

車(くるま)のナンバーを書(かと)き留()められなかった。

Romanji

Kuruma no nanba- o kakitomerarenakatta.

Words

車 (くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
の (の)
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
ナンバー (ナンバー)
number
を (を)
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.
書き留める (かきとめる、かきとどめる)
to write down; to leave a note behind; to record; to chronicle

Kanji

車
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
書
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
留
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 と.める、 と.まる、 とど.める、 とど.まる、 るうぶる
Meanings: detain, fasten, halt, stop