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

『何だこりゃ?』って思わず言いたくなるような変な車でした。

Sentence Analyzer

何だ こりゃ って 思わず 言いたく なる ような 変な でした

English Translation

It was the sort of weird car that made me want to blurt out, "what the heck is that?"

Furigana

(なん)だこりゃ?』って(おも)わず()いたくなるような(へん)(くるま)でした。

Romanji

Nanda korya? tte omowazu iitaku naru yōna henna kuruma deshita.

Words

何だ (なんだ、なあんだ)
What!
こりゃ (こりゃ)
hey there; I say; see here
って (って、て)
casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.
思わず (おもわず)
unintentionally; reflexively; spontaneously; involuntarily; instinctively
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
(へん)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car