もう一度試したが失敗しただけだった。

もう一度試したが失敗しただけだった。

I tried it again, only to fail.

もう一度(いちど)試(ため)したが失敗(しっぱい)しただけだった。

Mōichido tameshita ga shippaishita dake datta.

もう一度 (もういちど)

once more; again

試す (ためす)

to attempt; to test; to try out

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

Readings: ド、ト、タク、たび、 -た.い

Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude

Readings: シ、こころ.みる、ため.す

Meanings: test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal

Readings: シツ、うしな.う、う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

Readings: ハイ、やぶ.れる

Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal