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Zach

私に応対してくれる店員が見当たらなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

応対してくれる 店員 見当たらなかった

English Translation

I couldn't find a clerk to wait on me.

Furigana

(わたし)応対(おうたい)してくれる店員(てんいん)見当(みあ)たらなかった。

Romanji

Watashi ni ōtaishitekureru ten'in ga miataranakatta.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
応対 (おうたい)
receiving; dealing with
店員 (てんいん)
shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
見当たる (みあたる)
to be found

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: オウ、 ヨウ、 -ノウ、 あた.る、 まさに、 こた.える
Meanings: apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept
Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Reading: イン
Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself