This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

君はこの箱が何で作られているかを知っています。

Sentence Analyzer

この 何で 作られている 知っています

English Translation

Do you know what this box is made of?

Furigana

(きみ)はこの(はこ)(なん)(つく)られているかを()っています。

Romanji

Kimi wa kono hako ga nande tsukurareteiru ka o shitteimasu.

Words

(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(はこ、ハコ)
box; case; chest; package; pack; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building; man who carries a geisha's shamisen; receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces); counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
何で (なんで)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
()
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
()
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.
知る (しる)
to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

Kanji

Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Readings: ソウ、 はこ
Meanings: box, chest, case, bin, railway car
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom