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昨日は私の十七歳の誕生日だった。

Sentence Analyzer

昨日 誕生日 だった

English Translation

Yesterday was my seventeenth birthday.

Furigana

昨日(きのう)(わたし)(じゅう)(なな)(さい)誕生日(たんじょうび)だった。

Romanji

Kinō wa watashi no jū nana sai no tanjōbi datta.

Words

昨日 (きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
(じゅう、とお、と)
ten
(しち、なな、な)
seven; hepta-
(さい)
-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
誕生日 (たんじょうび)
birthday
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Reading: サク
Meanings: yesterday, previous
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ジュウ、 ジッ、 ジュッ、 とお、 と
Meaning: ten
Readings: シチ、 なな、 なな.つ、 なの
Meaning: seven
Readings: サイ、 セイ、 とし、 とせ、 よわい
Meanings: year-end, age, occasion, opportunity
Reading: タン
Meanings: nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth