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「腰は痛む?」「いや、別に」「そう、それは不幸中の幸いね」

Sentence Analyzer

痛む いや 別に そう それ 不幸中 幸い

English Translation

"Does your back hurt?" "No, not really." "Oh, that's something then, isn't it?"

Furigana

(こし)(いた)む?」「いや、(べつ)に」「そう、それは不幸中(ふこうちゅう)(さいわ)いね」

Romanji

" koshi wa itamu?"" iya, betsuni"" sō, sore wa fukōchū no saiwai ne"

Words

(こし、コシ)
back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
痛む (いたむ)
to hurt; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food)
(いいえ、いいや、いえ、いな、いや)
no; nay; well; er; why
別に (べつに)
(not) particularly; nothing; separately; apart
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
()
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
幸い (さいわい)
happiness; blessedness; luck; fortune; felicity; luckily; fortunately
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

Kanji

Readings: ヨウ、 こし
Meanings: loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting
Readings: ツウ、 いた.い、 いた.む、 いた.ましい、 いた.める
Meanings: pain, hurt, damage, bruise
Readings: ベツ、 わか.れる、 わ.ける
Meanings: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: コウ、 さいわ.い、 さち、 しあわ.せ
Meanings: happiness, blessing, fortune
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center