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氷のような冷気が車内に忍び込んできた。

Sentence Analyzer

ような 冷気 車内 忍び込んできた

English Translation

An icy chill stole into the car.

Furigana

(こおり)のような冷気(れいき)車内(しゃない)(しの)()んできた。

Romanji

Kōri no yōna reiki ga shanai ni shinobikondekita.

Words

(こおり)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
()
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
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
冷気 (れいき)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
車内 (しゃない)
inside a train, car, etc.
()
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
忍び込む (しのびこむ)
to creep in; to steal in

Kanji

Readings: ヒョウ、 こおり、 ひ、 こお.る
Meanings: icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
Readings: レイ、 つめ.たい、 ひ.える、 ひ.や、 ひ.ややか、 ひ.やす、 ひ.やかす、 さ.める、 さ.ます
Meanings: cool, cold (beer, person), chill
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち
Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home
Readings: ニン、 しの.ぶ、 しの.ばせる
Meanings: endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)