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工場からの煙が町に漂っていた。

Sentence Analyzer

工場 から 漂っていた

English Translation

The smoke from factories hung over the town.

Furigana

工場(こうじょう)からの(けむり)(まち)(ただよ)っていた。

Romanji

Kōjō kara no kemuri ga machi ni tadayotteita.

Words

工場 (こうじょう、こうば)
factory; plant; mill; workshop
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
()
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
(けむり、けぶり、けむ、けぶ)
smoke; fumes
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(まち、ちょう)
town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
()
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
漂う (ただよう)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly; to be unsteady; to be unstable; to falter; to flinch; to wince; to live in unreliable circumstances

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ
Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: エン、 けむ.る、 けむり、 けむ.い
Meaning: smoke
Readings: チョウ、 まち
Meanings: town, village, block, street
Readings: ヒョウ、 ただよ.う
Meanings: drift, float (on liquid)