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彼は会社を設立した時、まだ10代だった。

Sentence Analyzer

会社 設立した まだ だった

English Translation

He was still in his teens when he founded a company.

Furigana

(かれ)会社(かいしゃ)設立(せつりつ)した(とき)、まだ10(だい)だった。

Romanji

Kare wa kaisha o setsuritsushita toki, mada ichi zero dai datta.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
()
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.
設立 (せつりつ)
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
未だ (まだ、いまだ)
as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
(だい)
charge; cost; price; generation; age; reign; era; a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); proxy application company; pronoun
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: セツ、 もう.ける
Meanings: establishment, provision, prepare
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
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee