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劇場の扉の上方にかかっているその言葉は、高さ1メートルありました。

Sentence Analyzer

劇場 上方 かかっている その 言葉 高さ メートル ありました

English Translation

The words above the door of the theatre were a metre high.

Furigana

劇場(げきじょう)(とびら)上方(かみがた)にかかっているその言葉(ことば)は、(たか)さ1メートルありました。

Romanji

Gekijō no tobira no kamigata ni kakatteiru sono kotoba wa, takasa ichi me-toru arimashita.

Words

劇場 (げきじょう)
theatre; theater; playhouse
()
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
(とびら)
door; gate; opening; title page
上方 (かみがた)
Kyoto and vicinity; Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region (esp. during Edo period)
()
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
掛かる (かかる)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
言葉 (ことば、けとば)
language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
高い (たかい)
high; tall; expensive
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(メートル)
metre; meter; meter (i.e. a gauge); gauge
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Reading: ゲキ
Meanings: drama, play
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ヒ、 とびら
Meanings: front door, title page, front page
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ヨウ、 は
Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive