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Zach

一冊の本に４０ドルも支払えない。

Sentence Analyzer

一 冊 の 本 に ４ ０ どる も 支払えない 。

English Translation

I can't afford $40 for one book!

Furigana

一(いち)冊(さつ)の本(ほん)に４０ドルも支払(しはら)えない。

Romanji

Ichi satsu no hon ni yon zero doru mo shiharaenai.

Words

一 (いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
冊 (さつ)
counter for books; volume
の (の)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
本 (ほん)
book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls
に (に)
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
四 (し、よん、よ)
four
○ (まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
ドール (ドール、ドル)
doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog
も (も)
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

Kanji

一
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
冊
Readings: サツ、 サク、 ふみ
Meanings: tome, counter for books, volume
本
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
支
Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う
Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
払
Readings: フツ、 ヒツ、 ホツ、 はら.う、 -はら.い、 -ばら.い
Meanings: pay, clear out, prune, banish, dispose of