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Zach

私はまるで招かれざる客のような気がした。

Sentence Analyzer

まるで 招かれざる ような した

English Translation

I felt as if I were an uninvited guest.

Furigana

(わたし)はまるで(まね)かれざる(きゃく)のような()がした。

Romanji

Watashi wa marude manekarezaru kyaku no yōna ki ga shita.

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
丸で (まるで)
quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like
招く (まねく)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to gesture to; to call in; to send for; to summon; to bring on oneself; to cause; to incur; to lead to; to result in
(きゃく、かく)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
()
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
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
()
spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ショウ、 まね.く
Meanings: beckon, invite, summon, engage
Readings: キャク、 カク
Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood