サムはその機械の使い方がわからなかった。
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English Translation
Sam couldn't figure out how to use the machine.
Furigana
サムはその機械 の使 い方 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
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
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
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative