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

私は昨晩警察といざこざを起こした。

Sentence Analyzer

昨晩 警察 いざこざ 起こした

English Translation

I was in trouble with the police last night.

Furigana

(わたし)昨晩(さくばん)警察(けいさつ)といざこざを()こした。

Romanji

Watashi wa sakuban keisatsu to izakoza o okoshita.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
昨晩 (さくばん)
last night
警察 (けいさつ)
police; police officer; police station
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
いざこざ (いざこざ)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
()
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.
起こす (おこす)
to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Reading: バン
Meanings: nightfall, night
Readings: ケイ、 いまし.める
Meanings: admonish, commandment
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up