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Zach

10時前にはホテルを出発しなければなりません。さもなければマイアミ行きの電車を乗り逃がしてしまいます。

Sentence Analyzer

ほてる 出発しなければなりません さもなければ マイアミ行き 電車 乗り 逃がしてしまいます

English Translation

We must leave the hotel before 10 a.m., otherwise we will miss the train for Miami.

Furigana

10()(まえ)にはホテルを出発(しゅっぱつ)しなければなりません。さもなければマイアミ()きの電車(でんしゃ)()()がしてしまいます。

Romanji

Ichi zero ji mae ni wa hoteru o shuppatsushinakerebanarimasen. samonakereba Maiamiiki no densha o nori nigashiteshimaimasu.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
()
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ホテル (ホテル)
hotel
()
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.
出発 (しゅっぱつ)
departure
然も無ければ (さもなければ)
otherwise; if not; or else
()
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
電車 (でんしゃ)
train; electric train
乗る (のる)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on
逃がす (にがす)
to miss; to lose; to give away; to let go; to set free; to let get away

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 の.る、 -の.り、 の.せる
Meanings: ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
Readings: トウ、 に.げる、 に.がす、 のが.す、 のが.れる
Meanings: escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free