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今日の朝飯は鯵のひらきと味噌汁だった。

Sentence Analyzer

今日 朝飯 ひらき 味噌汁 だった

English Translation

Today's breakfast was dried mackerel and miso soup.

Furigana

今日(きょう)朝飯(あさめし)(あじ)のひらきと味噌汁(みそしる)だった。

Romanji

Kyō no asameshi wa aji no hiraki to misoshiru datta.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
()
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
朝飯 (あさめし、あさはん)
breakfast
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(あじ、アジ)
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
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)
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
味噌汁 (みそしる)
miso soup
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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: チョウ、 あさ
Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
Readings: ハン、 めし
Meanings: meal, boiled rice
Readings: ソウ、 あじ
Meaning: horse mackerel
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 ソ、 かまびす.しい
Meaning: boisterous
Readings: ジュウ、 しる、 -しる、 つゆ
Meanings: soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus