私はあの店で珍しい切手をふと見つけた。

Sentence Analyzer

私はあの店で珍しい切手をふと見つけた。

English Translation

I came upon a rare stamp at that store.

Furigana

私(わたし)はあの店(みせ)で珍(めずら)しい切手(きって)をふと見(み)つけた。

Romanji

Watashi wa ano mise de mezurashii kitte o futo mitsuketa.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

珍しい (めずらしい)

unusual; rare; curious; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

切手 (きって)

stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

を (を)

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.

不図 (ふと)

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

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