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懐かしい12小節のブルース。

Sentence Analyzer

懐かしい 小節 ブルース

English Translation

There go the twelve bars blues.

Furigana

(なつ)かしい12小節(しょうせつ)のブルース。

Romanji

Natsukashii ichi ni shōsetsu no buru-su.

Words

懐かしい (なつかしい)
dear; desired; missed
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
小節 (しょうせつ)
(musical) bar; measure
()
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
ブルース (ブルース)
blues

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 エ、 ふところ、 なつ.かしい、 なつ.かしむ、 なつ.く、 なつ.ける、 なず.ける、 いだ.く、 おも.う
Meanings: pocket, feelings, heart, yearn, miss someone, become attached to, bosom, breast
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: セツ、 セチ、 ふし、 -ぶし、 のっと
Meanings: node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody