今朝なぜ遅刻したのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

今朝 なぜ 遅刻した です

English Translation

Why were you late this morning?

Furigana

今朝(けさ)なぜ遅刻(ちこく)したのですか。

Romanji

Kesa naze chikokushita no desu ka.

Words

今朝 (けさ、こんちょう)
this morning
何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
遅刻 (ちこく)
lateness; late coming
()
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
です (です)
be; is
()
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

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: チョウ、 あさ
Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
Readings: チ、 おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
Meanings: slow, late, back, later
Readings: コク、 きざ.む、 きざ.み
Meanings: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving