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ブレーカーが落ちて真っ暗闇になった時、赤ちゃんが怖くて泣きだしました。

Sentence Analyzer

ブレーカー 落ちて 真っ 暗闇 なった 赤ちゃん 怖くて 泣きだしました

English Translation

When the breaker tripped and it became pitch black, the baby got scared and started crying.

Furigana

ブレーカーが()ちて()暗闇(くらやみ)になった(とき)(あか)ちゃんが(こわ)くて()きだしました。

Romanji

Bure-ka- ga ochite ma kurayami ni natta toki, akachan ga kowakute nakidashimashita.

Words

ブレーカー (ブレーカー、ブレーカ)
breaker
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
落ちる (おちる)
to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths
暗闇 (くらやみ)
darkness; the dark
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
成る (なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
赤ちゃん (あかちゃん)
baby; infant
怖い (こわい)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful; (I'm) afraid
泣く (なく)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

Kanji

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと
Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect
Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る
Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い
Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
Meaning: red
Readings: フ、 ホ、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる、 お.じる、 おそ.れる
Meanings: dreadful, be frightened, fearful
Readings: キュウ、 な.く
Meanings: cry, weep, moan