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本当に日本の子供たちは太陽を赤くぬるのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

本当に 日本 子供たち 太陽 赤く ぬる です

English Translation

Do Japanese children really paint the sun red?

Furigana

本当(ほんとう)日本(にっぽん)子供(こども)たちは太陽(たいよう)(あか)くぬるのですか。

Romanji

Hontōni Nippon no kodomotachi wa taiyō o akaku nuru no desu ka.

Words

本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)
really; truly
日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
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
子供達 (こどもたち)
children
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
太陽 (たいよう)
sun; solar
()
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.
赤い (あかい)
red; Red (i.e. communist)
塗る (ぬる)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
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: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: キョウ、 ク、 クウ、 グ、 そな.える、 とも、 -ども
Meanings: submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
Readings: タイ、 タ、 ふと.い、 ふと.る
Meanings: plump, thick, big around
Readings: ヨウ、 ひ
Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
Meaning: red