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Zach

私の不在中に埃が机の上に積もっていた。

Sentence Analyzer

在中 上に 積もっていた

English Translation

Dust had accumulated on my desk during my absence.

Furigana

(わたし)()在中(ざいちゅう)(ほこり)(つくえ)(うえ)()もっていた。

Romanji

Watashi no fu zaichū ni hokori ga tsukue no ueni tsumotteita.

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
()
un-; non-; negative prefix
在中 (ざいちゅう)
(contained) within
()
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
(ほこり、ホコリ、あい)
dust; one ten-billionth
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(つくえ、つき)
desk
積もる (つもる)
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: ザイ、 あ.る
Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: アイ、 ほこり、 ちり
Meaning: dust
Readings: キ、 つくえ
Meanings: desk, table
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: セキ、 つ.む、 -づ.み、 つ.もる、 つ.もり
Meanings: volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass