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Zach

一束だけ一番上に本物の札がのっていた。

Sentence Analyzer

だけ 一番上 本物 のっていた

English Translation

Only one stack had a real bill on top.

Furigana

(いち)(たば)だけ一番上(いちばんじょう)本物(ほんもの)(さつ)がのっていた。

Romanji

Ichi taba dake ichibanjō ni honmono no satsu ga notteita.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(たば)
bundle; bunch; sheaf
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
一番上 (いちばんうえ)
topmost
()
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
本物 (ほんもの)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
()
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
(さつ)
note; paper money
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
乗る (のる)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ソク、 たば、 たば.ねる、 つか、 つか.ねる
Meanings: bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Readings: バン、 つが.い
Meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: サツ、 ふだ
Meanings: tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid