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Zach

私の父は口数が少ない。

Sentence Analyzer

口数 少ない

English Translation

My father is a man of few words.

Furigana

(わたし)(ちち)口数(くちかず)(すく)ない。

Romanji

Watashi no chichi wa kuchikazu ga sukunai.

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
(ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
father
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
口数 (くちかず、くちすう)
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents (words, shares, accounts)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
少ない (すくない)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち
Meaning: mouth
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little