サムはその機械の使い方がわからなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

さむ は その 機械 の 使い方 が わからなかった 。

English Translation

Sam couldn't figure out how to use the machine.

Furigana

サムはその機械(きかい)の使(つか)い方(かた)がわからなかった。

Romanji

Samu wa sono kikai no tsukaikata ga wakaranakatta.

Words

サム (サム)

sum; surface-to-air missile; SAM

は (は)

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

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

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

使い方 (つかいかた)

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

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

使

Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い

Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative