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Zach

私たちの電気ストーブはどこか故障している。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち 電気 ストーブ どこ 故障している

English Translation

Our electric heater did not work well.

Furigana

(わたし)たちの電気(でんき)ストーブはどこか故障(こしょう)している。

Romanji

Watashitachi no denki suto-bu wa doko ka koshōshiteiru.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
()
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
電気 (でんき)
electricity; (electric) light
ストーブ (ストーブ)
(room) heater; stove
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
故障 (こしょう)
breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: ショウ、 さわ.る
Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm