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初めての日本訪問ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

初めて 日本 訪問 です

English Translation

Is this your first visit to Japan?

Furigana

(はじ)めての日本(にっぽん)訪問(ほうもん)ですか。

Romanji

Hajimete no Nippon hōmon desu ka.

Words

初めて (はじめて)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
()
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
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
訪問 (ほうもん)
call; visit
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め
Meanings: first time, beginning
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う
Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem