机の上のスタンドはかさがかたむいている。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
The lamp on the desk had an out of kilter lampshade.
Furigana
Romanji
Tsukue no ue no sutando wa kasa ga katamuiteiru.
Words
机
(つくえ、つき)
desk
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
上
(うえ)
above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
スタンド
(スタンド)
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp; floor lamp; standard lamp; station (e.g. gas station)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
笠
(かさ)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat; shade (of a lamp)
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
傾く
(かたむく、かたぶく)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to heel over; to be disposed to; to trend toward; to be prone to; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink; to decline