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Zach

私の友人の山田君を紹介します。

Sentence Analyzer

友人 山田 紹介します

English Translation

Allow me to introduce to you my friend Yamada.

Furigana

(わたし)友人(ゆうじん)山田(やまだ)(くん)紹介(しょうかい)します。

Romanji

Watashi no yūjin no Yamada kun o shōkaishimasu.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
友人 (ゆうじん)
friend
(くん)
Mr (junior); master; boy
()
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.
紹介 (しょうかい)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ユウ、 とも
Meaning: friend
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: サン、 セン、 やま
Meaning: mountain
Readings: デン、 た
Meanings: rice field, rice paddy
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Reading: ショウ
Meanings: introduce, inherit, help
Reading: カイ
Meanings: jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with