乾電池を探しているのですが。

Sentence Analyzer

乾電池 を 探している の です が 。

English Translation

I'm looking for batteries.

Furigana

乾電池(かんでんち)を探(さが)しているのですが。

Romanji

Kandenchi o sagashiteiru no desu ga.

Words

乾電池 (かんでんち)

dry cell; battery

を (を)

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.

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)

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

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

Kanji

乾

Readings: カン、 ケン、 かわ.く、 かわ.かす、 ほ.す、 ひ.る、 いぬい

Meanings: drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

池

Readings: チ、 いけ

Meanings: pond, cistern, pool, reservoir

探

Readings: タン、 さぐ.る、 さが.す

Meanings: grope, search, look for