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最初に、医師のベンジャミン・バーンズ氏に聞いてみましょう。

Sentence Analyzer

最初 医師 べん じゃみん バーンズ 聞いてみましょう

English Translation

First, we will talk to Doctor Benjamin Burns.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)に、医師(いし)のベンジャミン・バーンズ()()いてみましょう。

Romanji

Saisho ni, ishi no ben Jamin Ba-Nzu shi ni kiitemimashō.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)
beginning; outset; first; onset
()
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
医師 (いし)
doctor; physician
()
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
便 (べん)
convenience; service; facility; accommodation; excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool
社民 (しゃみん)
Social Democratic Party
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
()
Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people
聞く (きく)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

Kanji

Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
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: イ、 い.やす、 い.する、 くすし
Meanings: doctor, medicine
Readings: シ、 いくさ
Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
Readings: シ、 うじ、 -うじ
Meanings: family name, surname, clan
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen