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Zach

問題なのはバークさんなのよ。彼の秘書が今いないのよ。

Sentence Analyzer

問題な ばーく さん 秘書 いない

English Translation

The problem is Mr. Bark, the man whose secretary is away.

Furigana

問題(もんだい)なのはバークさんなのよ。(かれ)秘書(ひしょ)(いま)いないのよ。

Romanji

Mondaina no wa ba-ku san na no yo. kare no hisho ga ima inai no yo.

Words

問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
パーク (パーク)
park
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
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!
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
秘書 (ひしょ)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(いま)
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
要る (いる)
to need; to want

Kanji

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ヒ、 ひ.める、 ひそ.か、 かく.す
Meanings: secret, conceal
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now