Sign In

Dictionary

Support

Japanese Sentence with English Translation

Back to Dictionary »

Search by Japanese

字▼

Search by English Meaning

Add Word Type »
Furigana Show|Add to ▼ Source Totoeba Project
An iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
Romaji Hide

Vocabulary list

tetsunokaaten
noun
  1. iron curtain
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Comments »Add to ▼
tetsu
noun
  1. iron (Fe)
no adjective, noun
  1. strong and hard (as iron)
noun, noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
  1. railway
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. railway enthusiast
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Conjugation Details »Comments »Add to ▼
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Comments »Add to ▼
kaaten
noun
  1. curtain; curtains
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Comments »Add to ▼
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Comments »Add to ▼
yooroppa
noun
  1. Europe
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Comments »Add to ▼
tairiku
noun, no adjective
  1. continent
noun
  1. continental Asia (esp. mainland China)
  2. continental Europe
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Conjugation Details »Comments »Add to ▼
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Comments »Add to ▼
oriru
oriru

Plain Past Indicative Form

orita
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down (esp. 下りる)
  2. to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount (esp. 降りる)
  3. to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to fold
  4. to be granted; to be issued; to be given (esp. 下りる)
  5. to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) (esp. 降りる)
  6. to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm) (esp. 下りる)
Entry Details »Stroke Order Diagrams »Conjugation Details »Comments »Add to ▼

Comments for this sentence

If you have a question or would like to make a comment on this sentence, please do so below. Your comment will appear in the forum for other users of the site to view and discuss.



Only registered users may post comments. You can register your free 楽しい Japanese account here.

This site uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC dictionary files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and are used in conformance with the Group's licence.