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地上22階、地下2階のオフィスビルが建設中です。

Sentence Analyzer

地上 地下 オフィス びる 建設中 です

English Translation

An office building, with 22 stories above ground and 2 below, is under construction.

Furigana

地上(ちじょう)22(かい)地下(ちか)(かい)のオフィスビルが建設中(けんせつちゅう)です。

Romanji

Chijō ni ni kai, chika ni kai no ofyisu biru ga kensetsuchū desu.

Words

地上 (ちじょう)
above ground; surface; earth; world
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
(かい)
storey; story; floor; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
地下 (ちか)
basement; cellar; underground place; underground; below ground; secret; under cover; underground (railway); subway; metro
()
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
オフィス (オフィス)
office
ビル (ビル)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
建設中 (けんせつちゅう)
under construction
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: カイ、 きざはし
Meanings: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる
Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ
Meaning: build
Readings: セツ、 もう.ける
Meanings: establishment, provision, prepare
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center