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Zach

土曜日だよ。起こしてくれる必要はなかったのに。

Sentence Analyzer

土曜日 起こしてくれる 必要 なかった のに

English Translation

It's Saturday. You need not have woken me up.

Furigana

土曜日(どようび)だよ。()こしてくれる必要(ひつよう)はなかったのに。

Romanji

Doyōbi da yo. okoshitekureru hitsuyō wa nakatta noni.

Words

土曜日 (どようび)
Saturday
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!
起こす (おこす)
to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
のに (のに)
although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

Kanji

Readings: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Reading: ヨウ
Meaning: weekday
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to