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吉本先生がわれわれにつまらないことをたくさん教えた。

Sentence Analyzer

吉本 先生 われわれ つまらない こと たくさん 教えた

English Translation

Mr Yoshimoto taught us many trivial matters.

Furigana

吉本(よしもと)先生(せんせい)がわれわれにつまらないことをたくさん(おし)えた。

Romanji

Yoshimoto sensei ga wareware ni tsumaranai koto o takusan oshieta.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)
teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
我々 (われわれ)
we
()
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
詰らない (つまらない)
dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious; insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless; absurd; foolish; silly; stupid; useless; pointless; disappointing
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
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.
沢山 (たくさん)
a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much
教える (おしえる)
to teach; to inform; to instruct

Kanji

Readings: キチ、 キツ、 よし
Meanings: good luck, joy, congratulations
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず
Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine