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Zach

少年が車にはねられるのを見たのです。

Sentence Analyzer

少年 はねられる 見た です

English Translation

I saw a boy knocked down by a car.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)(くるま)にはねられるのを()たのです。

Romanji

Shōnen ga kuruma ni hanerareru no o mita no desu.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
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
撥ねる (はねる)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to refuse; to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out; to flip; to splash; to splatter; to decapitate; to behead; to jump up; to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)
()
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
()
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.
見る (みる)
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible