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Zach

その問題について相当に長く考えてようやくその本質が見えてきた。

Sentence Analyzer

その 問題 について 相当 長く 考えて ようやく その 本質 見えてきた

English Translation

I had to think about the problem for quite a while before I saw daylight.

Furigana

その問題(もんだい)について相当(そうとう)(なが)(かんが)えてようやくその本質(ほんしつ)()えてきた。

Romanji

Sono mondai nitsuite sōtō ni nagaku kangaete yōyaku sono honshitsu ga mietekita.

Words

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...
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
に就いて (について)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
相当 (そうとう)
befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; considerable; substantial; to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; extremely; considerably
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
長い (ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
考える (かんがえる)
to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
漸く (ようやく)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; hardly; only just; gradually; little by little; by degrees
本質 (ほんしつ)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
見える (まみえる)
to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

Kanji

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-
Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
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
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 チ、 たち、 ただ.す、 もと、 わりふ
Meanings: substance, quality, matter, temperament
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible