私の妹は横浜の近くに住んでいる。
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English Translation
My sister lives near Yokohama.
Furigana
Romanji
Watashi no imōto wa Yokohama no chikaku ni sundeiru.
Words
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
の
(の)
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
妹
(いもうと)
younger sister
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
横浜
(よこはま)
Yokohama (city)
近く
(ちかく)
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
に
(に)
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
住む
(すむ)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Kanji
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: マイ、 いもうと
Meaning: younger sister
Readings: オウ、 よこ
Meanings: sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse
Readings: ヒン、 はま
Meanings: seacoast, beach, seashore
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit