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とうとうそのセールスマンは私を説得して高価な機械を買わせた。

Sentence Analyzer

とうとう その セールスマン 説得して 高価な 機械 買わせた

English Translation

Eventually the salesman persuaded me to buy the expensive machine.

Furigana

とうとうそのセールスマンは(わたし)説得(せっとく)して高価(こうか)機械(きかい)()わせた。

Romanji

Tōtō sono se-rusuman wa watashi o settokushite kōkana kikai o kawaseta.

Words

到頭 (とうとう)
finally; at last; reaching a head
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
セールスマン (セールスマン)
salesman
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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.
説得 (せっとく)
persuasion
高価 (こうか)
high price
機械 (きかい)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
買う (かう)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く
Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る
Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy