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奇妙なことに、そのドアはひとりでに開いた。

Sentence Analyzer

奇妙な こと その ドア ひとりでに 開いた

English Translation

Strange to say, the door opened of itself.

Furigana

奇妙(きみょう)なことに、そのドアはひとりでに(ひら)いた。

Romanji

Kimyōna koto ni, sono doa wa hitorideni hiraita.

Words

奇妙 (きみょう)
strange; queer; curious
(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
()
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
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
ドア (ドア)
door (Western-style)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
独りでに (ひとりでに)
by itself; automatically; naturally
開く (ひらく)
to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

Kanji

Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい
Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity
Readings: ミョウ、 ビョウ、 たえ
Meanings: exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal