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緊急の電話をしなくてはならないのですが、この近くに公衆電話がありますか。

Sentence Analyzer

緊急 電話 しなくて はならない です この 近く 公衆 電話 あります

English Translation

I need to make an urgent call. Is there a public phone near here?

Furigana

緊急(きんきゅう)電話(でんわ)をしなくてはならないのですが、この(ちか)くに公衆(こうしゅう)電話(でんわ)がありますか。

Romanji

Kinkyū no denwa o shinakute wanaranai no desu ga, kono chikaku ni kōshū denwa ga arimasu ka.

Words

緊急 (きんきゅう)
urgent; pressing; emergency
()
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
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
近く (ちかく)
near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
()
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
公衆 (こうしゅう)
the public; general public
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
()
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: キン、 し.める、 し.まる
Meanings: tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight
Readings: キュウ、 いそ.ぐ、 いそ.ぎ
Meanings: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Readings: シュウ、 シュ、 おお.い
Meanings: masses, great numbers, multitude, populace