This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

捨てられたアイスのまわりにアリがウヨウヨたかっていた。

Sentence Analyzer

捨てられた あいす まわり あり うようよ たかっていた

English Translation

The area around the melting ice cream was crawling with ants.

Furigana

()てられたアイスのまわりにアリがウヨウヨたかっていた。

Romanji

Suterareta aisu no mawari ni ari ga uyouyo takatteita.

Words

捨てる (すてる)
to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard; to abandon; to desert; to leave; to give up; to resign
アイス (アイス)
ice; ice cream; icecream
()
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
周り (まわり)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
()
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
(あり、アリ)
ant
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
うようよ (うようよ)
in swarms; crawling with
集る (たかる)
to gather; to crowd round; to swarm; to flock; to extort from; to sponge off

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 す.てる
Meanings: discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice