テニスは難しい。ボールがすぐあさっての方向に飛んでいってしまう。

Sentence Analyzer

テニス は 難しい 。 ぼーる が すぐ あさって の 方向 に 飛んでいってしまう 。

English Translation

Tennis is difficult. I never know which way the ball is going to fly.

Furigana

テニスは難(むずか)しい。ボールがすぐあさっての方向(ほうこう)に飛(と)んでいってしまう。

Romanji

Tenisu wa muzukashii. bo-ru ga sugu asatte no hōkō ni tondeitteshimau.

Words

テニス (テニス)

tennis

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

ホール (ホール)

hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

直ぐ (すぐ)

immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy)

明後日 (あさって、みょうごにち)

day after tomorrow

の (の)

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

方向 (ほうこう)

direction; orientation; bearing; way; course (e.g. of action)

に (に)

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

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

Kanji

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

向

Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い

Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

飛

Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす

Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter