少しめまいがするので、私はしばらく腰を下ろした。

Sentence Analyzer

少し めまい が する ので 、 私 は しばらく 腰 を 下ろした 。

English Translation

Feeling a little dizzy, I sat down for a while.

Furigana

少(すこ)しめまいがするので、私(わたし)はしばらく腰(こし)を下(お)ろした。

Romanji

Sukoshi memai ga suru node, watashi wa shibaraku koshi o oroshita.

Words

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

目眩 (めまい、げんうん)

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

腰 (こし、コシ)

back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

を (を)

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.

下ろす (おろす)

to take down (e.g. flag); to launch (e.g. boat); to drop; to lower (e.g. ladder); to let (a person) off; to unload; to discharge; to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle); to let (a person) off; to withdraw money from an account; to wear (clothing) for the first time; to fillet (e.g. a fish)

Kanji

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

腰

Readings: ヨウ、 こし

Meanings: loins, hips, waist, low wainscoting

下

Readings: カ、 ゲ、 した、 しも、 もと、 さ.げる、 さ.がる、 くだ.る、 くだ.り、 くだ.す、 -くだ.す、 くだ.さる、 お.ろす、 お.りる

Meanings: below, down, descend, give, low, inferior