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隣の部屋の声が聞こえませんでしたか。

Sentence Analyzer

部屋 聞こえません でした

English Translation

Didn't you hear the voice in the next room?

Furigana

(となり)部屋(へや)(こえ)()こえませんでしたか。

Romanji

Tonari no heya no koe ga kikoemasen deshita ka.

Words

(となり)
neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)
()
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
部屋 (へや)
room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable
(こえ)
voice
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
聞こえる (きこえる)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
デス (デス)
death
()
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

Kanji

Readings: リン、 とな.る、 となり
Meaning: neighboring
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings: オク、 や
Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 こえ、 こわ-
Meaning: voice
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen