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Zach

家の中に閉じこめられていることだけが唯一の問題です。

Sentence Analyzer

中に 閉じこめられている こと だけ 唯一 問題 です

English Translation

I think the only problem I have now is being shut in at home.

Furigana

(いえ)(なか)()じこめられていることだけが唯一(ゆいいつ)問題(もんだい)です。

Romanji

Ie no nakani tojikomerareteiru koto dake ga yuiitsu no mondai desu.

Words

(いえ)
house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name
()
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
閉じ込める (とじこめる)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
唯一 (ゆいいつ、ゆいつ)
only; sole; unique
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ヘイ、 と.じる、 と.ざす、 し.める、 し.まる、 た.てる
Meanings: closed, shut
Readings: ユイ、 イ、 ただ
Meanings: solely, only, merely, simply
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject