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Zach

長いこと待ったが彼は現れなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

長い こと 待った 現れなかった

English Translation

We waited long, but he didn't turn up.

Furigana

(なが)いこと()ったが(かれ)(あらわ)れなかった。

Romanji

Nagai koto matta ga kare wa arawarenakatta.

Words

長い (ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
待つ (まつ)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
現れる (あらわれる)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち
Meanings: wait, depend on
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual