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Zach

事故の為私たちは半時間遅れました。

Sentence Analyzer

事故 私たち 時間 遅れました

English Translation

An accident delayed us for half an hour.

Furigana

事故(じこ)(ため)(わたし)たちは(はん)時間(じかん)(おく)れました。

Romanji

Jiko no tame watashitachi wa han jikan okuremashita.

Words

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
()
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
(ため)
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(はん)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
遅れる (おくれる)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: イ、 ため、 な.る、 な.す、 す.る、 たり、 つく.る、 なり
Meanings: do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ハン、 なか.ば
Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
Meanings: slow, late, back, later