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犬が小さな男の子を襲った。

Sentence Analyzer

小さな 男の子 襲った

English Translation

The dog attacked the little boy.

Furigana

(いぬ)(ちい)さな(おとこ)()(おそ)った。

Romanji

Inu ga chiisana otokonoko o osotta.

Words

(いぬ)
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
小さな (ちいさな)
small; little; tiny
男の子 (おとこのこ、おとこのコ)
boy; male child; baby boy
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
襲う (おそう)
to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

Kanji

Readings: ケン、 いぬ、 いぬ-
Meaning: dog
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ダン、 ナン、 おとこ、 お
Meaning: male
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: シュウ、 おそ.う、 かさ.ね
Meanings: attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap