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Zach

学校にいるはずのおまえがなぜこんな所にいるのか。

Sentence Analyzer

学校 いる はず おまえ なぜ こんな 所に いる

English Translation

Why are you here when you should be in school?

Furigana

学校(がっこう)にいるはずのおまえがなぜこんな(ところ)にいるのか。

Romanji

Gakkō ni iru hazu no omae ga naze konna tokoroni iru no ka.

Words

学校 (がっこう)
school
()
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
要る (いる)
to need; to want
(はず)
expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
()
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
お前 (おまえ、おまい、おめえ)
you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior); presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
こんな (こんな)
such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this
()
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: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
Meaning: place