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Zach

これは亡くなった父の肖像画です。

Sentence Analyzer

これ 亡くなった 肖像画 です

English Translation

This is a portrait of my late father.

Furigana

これは()くなった(ちち)肖像画(しょうぞうが)です。

Romanji

Kore wa nakunatta chichi no shōzōga desu.

Words

此れ (これ)
this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
亡くなる (なくなる)
to die
(ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
father
()
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
肖像画 (しょうぞうが)
portrait
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 な.い、 な.き-、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
Meanings: deceased, the late, dying, perish
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: ショウ、 あやか.る
Meaning: resemblance
Reading: ゾウ
Meanings: statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
Readings: ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ、 えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る
Meanings: brush-stroke, picture