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大きな川がその市を貫いて流れている。

Sentence Analyzer

大きな その 貫いて 流れている

English Translation

A broad river runs through the city.

Furigana

(おお)きな(かわ)がその()(つらぬ)いて(なが)れている。

Romanji

Ōkina kawa ga sono shi o tsuranuite nagareteiru.

Words

大きな (おおきな)
big; large; great
(かわ、がわ)
river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
()
city
()
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.
貫く (つらぬく)
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to carry out; to persist; to keep (faith); to stick to (principles); to maintain (independence)
流れる (ながれる)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray; to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate; to be heard (e.g. music); to be played; to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair); to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted; to be called off; to be forfeited; to disappear; to be removed

Kanji

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: セン、 かわ
Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Readings: シ、 いち
Meanings: market, city, town
Readings: カン、 つらぬ.く、 ぬ.く、 ぬき
Meanings: pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate, brace
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit