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「いつ戻りますか。」 「天候次第です。」

Sentence Analyzer

いつ 戻ります   天候 次第 です

English Translation

"When will you be back?" "It all depends on the weather."

Furigana

「いつ(もど)りますか。」 「天候(てんこう)次第(しだい)です。」

Romanji

" itsu modorimasu ka."" tenkō shidai desu."

Words

何時 (いつ)
when; how soon
戻る (もどる)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back
()
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
天候 (てんこう)
weather
次第 (しだい)
dependent upon; as soon as; immediately (upon); circumstances; order; precedence; program; programme; agenda
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る
Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards
Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-
Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial
Readings: コウ、 そうろう
Meanings: climate, season, weather, wait for, expect
Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ
Meanings: next, order, sequence
Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence