部
Components

Example details

 
かれ
彼
は
こどもたち
子供達
にかこまれてそこに
すわ
座
っていた。
He sat there surrounded by his children.
Grammar and points of interest
verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
彼は子供達にかこまれてそこに座っていた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼は子供達にかこまれてそこに座っていた。
Conjugations and inflections
  かこまれて is the te form of the passive form of 'mu' godan verb かこむ   ALL INFLECTIONS
  座っていた is the past form of the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb 座る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning, examples and links)
こ ど も た ち 3
Most common form: 子供たち
noun
children
(click the word to view an additional 4 forms, examples and links)
か こ む 0 か こ む 3
Most common form: 囲む
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fence; to wall in
2. to besiege; to lay siege to
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning and 1 form, examples and links)
noun
1. there (place relatively near listener)  (see also: 何処, 此処, 彼処; often written with kana only)
2. there (place just mentioned); that place
(click the word to view an additional 2 meanings and 1 form, examples and links)
す わ る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning and 4 forms, useful expressions, examples and links)
Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
子
シ   ス   こ child   
供
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
共
キョウ   とも together   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
艹
grass   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
達
タツ    arrive   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
座
ザ   すわる to sit   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
坐
ザ   すわる to sit   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
广
stony cliff
Flashcards
Please LOG IN for free flashcards
More info on this sentence: Google Japan ⇗ Sentence translate
Problem with this example? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×