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Zach

学校は川のこちら側ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

学校 こちら側 です

English Translation

Is the school on this side of the river?

Furigana

学校(がっこう)(かわ)のこちら(がわ)ですか。

Romanji

Gakkō wa kawa no kochiragawa desu ka.

Words

学校 (がっこう)
school
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(かわ、がわ)
river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)
()
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
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: ソク、 かわ、 がわ、 そば
Meanings: side, lean, oppose, regret