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どんな質問が飛び出すか分からないから、僕としては当意即妙で発表するしかないな。

Sentence Analyzer

どんな 質問 飛び出す 分からない から として 当意即妙 発表する しか ない

English Translation

Since I don't know what questions I'll be asked, I'll have to wing it at my presentation.

Furigana

どんな質問(しつもん)()()すか()からないから、(ぼく)としては当意即妙(とういそくみょう)発表(はっぴょう)するしかないな。

Romanji

Donna shitsumon ga tobidasu ka wakaranai kara, boku toshite wa tōisokumyō de happyōsuru shika nai na.

Words

どんな (どんな)
what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)
質問 (しつもん)
question; inquiry; enquiry
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
飛び出す (とびだす)
to jump out; to rush out; to fly out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
分かる (わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
(ぼく)
I; me; you; manservant
として (として)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
当意即妙 (とういそくみょう)
ready wit
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
発表 (はっぴょう)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling
しか (しか)
only; nothing but
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: ボク、 しもべ
Meanings: me, I (male)
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ソク、 つ.く、 つ.ける、 すなわ.ち
Meanings: instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt
Readings: ミョウ、 ビョウ、 たえ
Meanings: exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming
Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: ヒョウ、 おもて、 -おもて、 あらわ.す、 あらわ.れる、 あら.わす
Meanings: surface, table, chart, diagram