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岩は丘の斜面を転がり落ちた。

Sentence Analyzer

斜面 転がり 落ちた

English Translation

The rock rolled down the hillside.

Furigana

(いわ)(おか)斜面(しゃめん)(ころ)がり()ちた。

Romanji

Iwa wa oka no shamen o korogari ochita.

Words

(いわ)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(おか)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
()
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
斜面 (しゃめん)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
()
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.
転がる (ころがる)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be common; (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out
落ちる (おちる)
to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths

Kanji

Readings: ガン、 いわ
Meanings: boulder, rock, cliff
Readings: キュウ、 おか
Meanings: hill, knoll
Readings: シャ、 なな.め、 はす
Meanings: diagonal, slanting, oblique
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: テン、 ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、 ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、 うたた、 うつ.る、 くる.めく
Meanings: revolve, turn around, change
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet