Explore Japanese sentences word by word
Japanese sentence analysis in Morphanese combines word boundaries with readings, vocabulary meanings, particles, and recognized verb and adjective forms. Start with an everyday sentence or bring a more complex passage of your own.
Japanese
昨日は映画を見ました。I watched a movie yesterday.
Word boundaries, particles, readings, and verb forms.
| Word | Reading | Meaning or form |
|---|---|---|
| 昨日 | sakujitsu / kinō | yesterday; the dictionary offers both readings |
| は | wa | topic particle |
| 映画 | eiga | movie; film |
| を | o | direct-object particle |
| 見ました | mimashita | formal past form of 見る (みる), to see or watch |
The live result connects 見ました to 見る and labels it Past and Formal. Particle cards show dictionary functions; they do not assign a full syntactic tree to the sentence.
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我昨天看了电影。I watched a movie yesterday.
Word segmentation, Pinyin, meanings, and sentence structure.
| Word | Reading | Meaning or form |
|---|---|---|
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 看 | kàn / kān | to see or watch; also to look after or guard |
| 了 | liǎo / le | to finish; completed-action or change-of-state marker |
| 电影 | diàn yǐng | movie; film |
In this sentence, 看 is read kàn and 了 is read le. Morphanese displays multiple dictionary readings and senses for these characters, so you choose the one that fits the context. It does not automatically resolve every pronunciation or grammatical role.
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Explore forms rather than just isolated spellings
Recognized inflections connect a surface form to its dictionary form and senses. In 昨日は映画を見ました。, 見ました is labeled Past and Formal and connects to 見る. For 分かりやすい, the compound breakdown shows the continuative form of 分かる and the suffix やすい, meaning easy to. Particle entries show their dictionary functions.
Inspect alternatives and uncertainty
Use the parses control to inspect other word boundaries. Dictionary matches can offer several readings or senses; they are candidates to examine in context. Morphanese does not promise exhaustive conjugation coverage or a complete grammatical explanation for every sentence.