玄関で扉を叩く音がした。

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玄関 で 扉 を 叩く 音 が した 。

English Translation

There was a knock at the front door.

Furigana

玄関(げんかん)で扉(とびら)を叩(たた)く音(おと)がした。

Romanji

Genkan de tobira o tataku oto ga shita.

Words

玄関 (げんかん)

entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; foyer; entryway; mud room

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

扉 (とびら)

door; gate; opening; title page

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.

叩く (たたく、はたく)

to strike; to clap; to knock; to dust; to beat; to play drums; to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult; to use up money; to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

音 (おと、ね、おん)

sound; noise; report; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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

Kanji

玄

Reading: ゲン

Meanings: mysterious, occultness

関

Readings: カン、 せき、 -ぜき、 かか.わる、 からくり、 かんぬき

Meanings: connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning

扉

Readings: ヒ、 とびら

Meanings: front door, title page, front page

叩

Readings: コウ、 たた.く、 はた.く、 すぎ

Meanings: strike, beat, hit, thrash, criticize

音

Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね

Meanings: sound, noise