This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

ジムは私の作文の文法的誤りをいくつか指摘してくれた。

Sentence Analyzer

じむ 作文 文法的 誤り いくつ 指摘してくれた

English Translation

Jim pointed out some grammatical mistakes in my composition.

Furigana

ジムは(わたし)作文(さくぶん)文法的(ぶんぽうてき)(あやま)りをいくつか指摘(してき)してくれた。

Romanji

Jimu wa watashi no sakubun no bunpōteki ayamari o ikutsu ka shitekishitekureta.

Words

ジム (ジム)
gym; gymnasium
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
作文 (さくぶん)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
文法的 (ぶんぽうてき)
grammatical
誤り (あやまり)
error; mistake; slip; bug
()
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.
幾つ (いくつ)
how many?; how old?
()
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
指摘 (してき)
pointing out; identification

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: ゴ、 あやま.る、 -あやま.る
Meanings: mistake, err, do wrong, mislead
Readings: シ、 ゆび、 さ.す、 -さ.し
Meanings: finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
Readings: テキ、 つ.む
Meanings: pinch, pick, pluck, trim, clip, summarize