私たちは近くの公園でキャッチボールとした。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
        We played catch in a park near by.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Watashitachi wa chikaku no kōen de kyatchibo-ru to shita.
    
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                私たち
            
            
                (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
            
        
        
            we; us
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                近く
            
            
                (ちかく)
            
        
        
            near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
        
    
            
                の
            
            
                (の)
            
        
        
            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
        
    
            
                公園
            
            
                (こうえん)
            
        
        
            (public) park
        
    
            
                で
            
            
                (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.
        
    
            
                キャッチボール
            
            
                (キャッチボール、キャッチ・ボール)
            
        
        
            playing catch
        
    
            
                と
            
            
                (と)
            
        
        
            if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
        
    
            
                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