その機械は複雑すぎて、我々は故障の原因を見つけられなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

その 機械 は 複雑すぎて 、 我々 は 故障 の 原因 を 見つけられなかった 。

English Translation

The machine was too complicated for us to find out the cause of the trouble.

Furigana

その機械(きかい)は複雑(ふくざつ)すぎて、我々(われわれ)は故障(こしょう)の原因(げんいん)を見(み)つけられなかった。

Romanji

Sono kikai wa fukuzatsusugite, wareware wa koshō no gen'in o mitsukerarenakatta.

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...

機械 (きかい)

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

複雑 (ふくざつ)

complex; complicated; mixed (feelings)

我々 (われわれ)

we

故障 (こしょう)

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

を (を)

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.

見つける (みつける、みっける)

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

Kanji

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

械

Readings: カイ、 かせ

Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument

複

Reading: フク

Meanings: duplicate, double, compound, multiple

雑

Readings: ザツ、 ゾウ、 まじ.える、 まじ.る

Meaning: miscellaneous

我

Readings: ガ、 われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

障

Readings: ショウ、 さわ.る

Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

因

Readings: イン、 よ.る、 ちな.む

Meanings: cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible