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

もし電話がなければ、不便だろう。

Sentence Analyzer

もし 電話 なければ 不便 だろう

English Translation

Without telephones, it would be inconvenient.

Furigana

もし電話(でんわ)がなければ、不便(ふべん)だろう。

Romanji

Moshi denwa ga nakereba, fuben darou.

Words

若し (もし)
if; in case; supposing
電話 (でんわ)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
不便 (ふべん)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
便
Readings: ベン、 ビン、 たよ.り
Meanings: convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance