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私のめん鳥は昨年産んだ卵の数がいつもより少なかった。

Sentence Analyzer

めん鳥 昨年 産んだ いつも より 少なかった

English Translation

My hens laid fewer eggs last year.

Furigana

(わたし)のめん(どり)昨年(さくねん)()んだ(たまご)(かず)がいつもより(すく)なかった。

Romanji

Watashi no mendori wa sakunen unda tamago no kazu ga itsumo yori sukunakatta.

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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
昨年 (さくねん)
last year
産む (うむ)
to give birth; to deliver; to produce
(たまご)
eggs; egg; spawn; roe; hen egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin; infancy
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
何時も (いつも)
always; usually; every time; never
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
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: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken
Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
Readings: ラン、 たまご
Meanings: egg, ovum, spawn, roe
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