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Zach

私たちのクラブは次の水曜日に月例会を開きます。

Sentence Analyzer

私たち くらぶ 水曜日 月例会 開きます

English Translation

Our club will hold its monthly meeting next Wednesday.

Furigana

(わたし)たちのクラブは(つぎ)水曜日(すいようび)月例会(げつれいかい)(ひら)きます。

Romanji

Watashitachi no kurabu wa tsugi no suiyōbi ni getsureikai o hirakimasu.

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
クラブ (クラブ)
club (e.g. golf, tennis); clubs (card suit); crab
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(つぎ)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
水曜日 (すいようび)
Wednesday
()
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
月例会 (げつれいかい)
monthly meeting
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
開く (ひらく)
to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ
Meanings: next, order, sequence
Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-
Meaning: water
Reading: ヨウ
Meaning: weekday
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき
Meanings: month, moon
Readings: レイ、 たと.える
Meanings: example, custom, usage, precedent
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal