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今日は借金の工面で東奔西走した。

Sentence Analyzer

今日 借金 工面 東奔西走した

English Translation

I was on the go all day today looking for a loan.

Furigana

今日(きょう)借金(しゃっきん)工面(くめん)東奔西走(とうほんせいそう)した。

Romanji

Kyō wa shakkin no kumen de tōhonseisōshita.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
借金 (しゃっきん)
debt; loan; liabilities
()
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
工面 (くめん)
contrivance; raising (money)
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
東奔西走 (とうほんせいそう)
busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シャク、 か.りる
Meanings: borrow, rent
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: トウ、 ひがし
Meaning: east
Readings: ホン、 はし.る
Meanings: run, bustle
西
Readings: セイ、 サイ、 ス、 にし
Meanings: west, Spain
Readings: ソウ、 はし.る
Meaning: run