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私はこんな騒がしい都市にこんなに静かな場所があるなんて夢にもおもいませんでした。

Sentence Analyzer

こんな 騒がしい 都市 こんなに 静かな 場所 ある なんて 夢にも おもいません でした

English Translation

I never dreamed of there being such a quiet place in this noisy city.

Furigana

(わたし)はこんな(さわ)がしい都市(とし)にこんなに(しず)かな場所(ばしょ)があるなんて(ゆめ)にもおもいませんでした。

Romanji

Watashi wa konna sawagashii toshi ni konnani shizukana basho ga aru nante yumenimo omoimasen deshita.

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
こんな (こんな)
such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this
騒がしい (さわがしい)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
都市 (とし)
town; city; municipal; urban
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
こんなに (こんなに)
so; like this; in this way
静か (しずか)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
場所 (ばしょ)
place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
なんて (なんて)
such as; (things) like; exclamation
夢にも (ゆめにも)
not in the slightest; not in one's wildest dreams
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ソウ、 さわ.ぐ、 うれい、 さわ.がしい
Meanings: boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite
Readings: ト、 ツ、 みやこ
Meanings: metropolis, capital
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 しず-、 しず.か、 しず.まる、 しず.める
Meaning: quiet
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
Meaning: place
Readings: ム、 ボウ、 ゆめ、 ゆめ.みる、 くら.い
Meanings: dream, vision, illusion