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彼女は話す前にせきばらいする癖がある。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女 話す きば らい する ある

English Translation

She has a habit of coughing before she speaks.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)(はな)(まえ)にせきばらいする(くせ)がある。

Romanji

Kanojo wa hanasu mae ni se kiba rai suru kuse ga aru.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
話す (はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
()
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
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
()
morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor); meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws); prosthesis
(かみなり、いかずち、いかづち、らい)
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
(くせ、へき)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ヘキ、 くせ、 くせ.に
Meanings: mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink