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私は角を曲がって、開店早々の食堂を見つけた。

Sentence Analyzer

曲がって 開店 早々 食堂 見つけた

English Translation

I turned the corner and caught sight of a newly opened restaurant.

Furigana

(わたし)(かく)()がって、開店(かいてん)早々(そうそう)食堂(しょくどう)()つけた。

Romanji

Watashi wa kaku o magatte, kaiten sōsō no shokudō o mitsuketa.

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
(かく)
angle; square (or cube); bishop; Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
()
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.
曲がる (まがる)
to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist; to turn; to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked
開店 (かいてん)
opening (of a shop)
早々 (そうそう)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly; promptly; early
()
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
食堂 (しょくどう)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; messroom; restaurant; eatery; snack bar; diner
見つける (みつける、みっける)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: カク、 かど、 つの
Meanings: angle, corner, square, horn, antlers
Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: ソウ、 サッ、 はや.い、 はや、 はや-、 はや.まる、 はや.める、 さ-
Meanings: early, fast
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Reading: ドウ
Meanings: public chamber, hall
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible