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Zach

機械は油がきれてキイキイいった。

Sentence Analyzer

機械 きれて きい きい いった

English Translation

The machine squealed for lack of oil.

Furigana

機械(きかい)(あぶら)がきれてキイキイいった。

Romanji

Kikai wa abura ga kirete Kii Kii itta.

Words

機械 (きかい)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(あぶら)
oil
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
切れる (きれる)
to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst; to collapse; to wear off; to stop working; to go dead; to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due; to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of; to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected; to cut well; to be sharp; to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able; to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time); to dry off; to curve; to veer; to shuffle (cards); to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip; to be able to do completely
機位 (きい)
position of aircraft
結う (ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 あぶら
Meanings: oil, fat