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コルクの栓がどうしても抜けなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

コルク どうしても 抜けなかった

English Translation

The cork would not come out.

Furigana

コルクの(せん)がどうしても()けなかった。

Romanji

Koruku no sen ga dōshitemo nukenakatta.

Words

コルク (コルク、キルク)
cork
()
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
(せん)
stopper; cork; stopcock
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
如何しても (どうしても)
by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely
抜ける (ぬける)
to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; to exit (a program loop)

Kanji

Reading: セン
Meanings: plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper
Readings: バツ、 ハツ、 ハイ、 ぬ.く、 -ぬ.く、 ぬ.き、 ぬ.ける、 ぬ.かす、 ぬ.かる
Meanings: slip out, extract, pull out, pilfer, quote, remove, omit