私はあのドレスよりこのドレスのほうがいい。

Sentence Analyzer

私 は あの ドレス より この ドレス の ほう が いい 。

English Translation

I would take this dress before that one.

Furigana

私(わたし)はあのドレスよりこのドレスのほうがいい。

Romanji

Watashi wa ano doresu yori kono doresu no hō ga ii.

Words

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

ドレス (ドレス)

dress

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

の (の)

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

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

が (が)

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

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me