昨夜犬の遠吠えが聞こえた。

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昨夜犬の遠吠えが聞こえた。

English Translation

Last night, I heard dogs howling.

Furigana

昨夜(さくや)犬(いぬ)の遠吠(とおぼ)えが聞(き)こえた。

Romanji

Sakuya inu no tōboe ga kikoeta.

Words

夕べ (ゆうべ、ゆう、さくや)

evening; last night

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

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

遠吠え (とおぼえ)

howling

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed