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最近、いくら寝ても眠い。なんか、変な病気にでもかかったのかな。

Sentence Analyzer

最近 いくら 寝て 眠い なんか 変な 病気 でも かかった

English Translation

Lately it seems that no matter how much I sleep, I stay tired. I wonder if I've come down with something strange.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)、いくら()ても(ねむ)い。なんか、(へん)病気(びょうき)にでもかかったのかな。

Romanji

Saikin, ikura nete mo nemui. nanka, henna byōki ni demo kakatta no ka na.

Words

最近 (さいきん)
most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays
幾ら (いくら)
how much?; how many?; even; even if
寝る (ねる)
to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
眠い (ねむい)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
なんか (なんか)
things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory)
(へん)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat
病気 (びょうき)
illness; disease; sickness
()
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
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
罹る (かかる)
to suffer from
()
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
()
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
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: シン、 ね.る、 ね.かす、 い.ぬ、 みたまや、 や.める
Meanings: lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい
Meanings: ill, sick
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood