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Zach

この別荘の持ち主は誰ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

この 別荘 持ち主 です

English Translation

Who owns this villa?

Furigana

この別荘(べっそう)()(ぬし)(だれ)ですか。

Romanji

Kono bessō no mochinushi wa dare desu ka.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
別荘 (べっそう)
holiday house; villa
()
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
持ち主 (もちぬし)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ベツ、 わか.れる、 わ.ける
Meanings: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 チャン、 ほうき、 おごそ.か
Meanings: villa, inn, cottage, feudal manor, solemn, dignified
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody