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Zach

駅でアメリカ人が私に話しかけた。

Sentence Analyzer

あめりか人 話しかけた

English Translation

An American spoke to me at the station.

Furigana

(えき)でアメリカ(じん)(わたし)(はな)しかけた。

Romanji

Eki de Amerikajin ga watashi ni hanashikaketa.

Words

(えき)
station
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)
American person
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
話しかける (はなしかける)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

Kanji

Reading: エキ
Meaning: station
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk