どうしてなのか、心が粟立つのを感じていた。

Sentence Analyzer

どうして な の か 、 心 が 粟立つ の を 感じていた 。

English Translation

I don't know what, but I felt in my heart something that gives me the chills.

Furigana

どうしてなのか、心(こころ)が粟立(あわだ)つのを感(かん)じていた。

Romanji

Dōshite na no ka, kokoro ga awadatsu no o kanjiteita.

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

の (の)

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

か (か)

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

心 (こころ)

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

粟立つ (あわだつ)

to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)

を (を)

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.

感じる (かんじる)

to feel; to sense; to experience

Kanji

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

粟

Readings: ゾク、 ショク、 ソク、 あわ、 もみ

Meaning: millet

立

Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる

Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect

感

Reading: カン

Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation