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私には屋根裏部屋で物音がしたように思える。

Sentence Analyzer

屋根裏 部屋 物音 した ように 思える

English Translation

It seems to me that I heard a noise in the attic.

Furigana

(わたし)には屋根裏(やねうら)部屋(へや)物音(ものおと)がしたように(おも)える。

Romanji

Watashi ni wa yaneura heya de monooto ga shita yōni omoeru.

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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
屋根裏 (やねうら)
attic; loft
部屋 (へや)
room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
物音 (ものおと)
sounds
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
思える (おもえる)
to seem; to appear likely

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings: リ、 うら
Meanings: back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think