兄は私より２つ年上ですが、身長は３センチも低いのです。

Sentence Analyzer

兄は私より２つ年上ですが、身長は３せんちも低いのです。

English Translation

My brother is two years older than I, but he is three centimeters shorter.

Furigana

兄(あに)は私(わたし)より２つ年上(としうえ)ですが、身長(しんちょう)は３センチも低(ひく)いのです。

Romanji

Ani wa watashi yori futatsu toshiue desu ga, shinchō wa san senchi mo hikui no desu.

Words

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

二つ (ふたつ)

two

年上 (としうえ)

older; senior

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

身長 (しんちょう)

height (of body); stature

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

センチ (センチ)

centimeter; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

低い (ひくい)

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

の (の)

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