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Zach

その新しい方法は理想からほど遠かった。

Sentence Analyzer

その 新しい 方法 理想 から ほど遠かった

English Translation

The new method was anything but ideal.

Furigana

その(あたら)しい方法(ほうほう)理想(りそう)からほど(とお)かった。

Romanji

Sono atarashii hōhō wa risō kara hodotōkatta.

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...
新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
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
理想 (りそう)
ideal; ideals
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
程遠い (ほどとおい)
far away; far off

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
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: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ソウ、 ソ、 おも.う
Meanings: concept, think, idea, thought
Readings: エン、 オン、 とお.い
Meanings: distant, far