へいにペンキを塗る必要はなかったのだが。
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English Translation
I needn't have painted the fence.
Furigana
へいにペンキを塗 る必要 はなかったのだが。
Romanji
E ini penki o nuru hitsuyō wa nakatta no da ga.
Words
へ
(へ)
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
往ぬ
(いぬ)
to go home; to go; to leave; to pass (of time); to die; to go bad; to rot
ペンキ
(ペンキ)
paint
を
(を)
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
塗る
(ぬる)
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
必要
(ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 ...
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
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and