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その小川は牧草地の中を曲がりくねって流れている。

Sentence Analyzer

その 小川 牧草地 曲がりくねって 流れている

English Translation

The stream winds through the meadow.

Furigana

その小川(おがわ)牧草地(ぼくそうち)(なか)()がりくねって(なが)れている。

Romanji

Sono Ogawa wa bokusōchi no naka o magarikunette nagareteiru.

Words

其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
小川 (おがわ)
streamlet; brook
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
牧草地 (ぼくそうち)
pasture; grassland; meadow
()
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
(なか)
inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
曲がりくねる (まがりくねる)
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
流れる (ながれる)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate; to be heard (e.g. music); to be played; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair); to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted; to be called off; to be forfeited; to disappear; to be removed

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: ボク、 まき
Meanings: breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
Readings: ソウ、 くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
Meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit