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その方法は粗雑なものであったが効果的だった。

Sentence Analyzer

その 方法 粗雑な もの あった 効果的 だった

English Translation

The method was crude, but very effective.

Furigana

その方法(ほうほう)粗雑(そざつ)なものであったが効果的(こうかてき)だった。

Romanji

Sono hōhō wa sozatsuna mono de atta ga kōkateki datta.

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...
方法 (ほうほう)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
粗雑 (そざつ)
coarse; rough; crude
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
効果的 (こうかてき)
effective; successful

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: ソ、 あら.い、 あら-
Meanings: coarse, rough, rugged
Readings: ザツ、 ゾウ、 まじ.える、 まじ.る
Meaning: miscellaneous
Readings: コウ、 き.く、 ききめ、 なら.う
Meanings: merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit
Readings: カ、 は.たす、 はた.す、 -は.たす、 は.てる、 -は.てる、 は.て
Meanings: fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending