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Zach

事件が起きたとき君はいたか。

Sentence Analyzer

事件 起きた とき いた

English Translation

Did you happen to be present when the accident happened?

Furigana

事件(じけん)()きたとき(きみ)はいたか。

Romanji

Jiken ga okita toki kimi wa ita ka.

Words

事件 (じけん)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
起きる (おきる)
to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
とき (とき)
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
要る (いる)
to need; to want
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ケン、 くだん
Meanings: affair, case, matter, item
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix