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Zach

この車は直しても甲斐が無い。

Sentence Analyzer

この 直して 甲斐 無い

English Translation

This car isn't worth repairing.

Furigana

この(くるま)(なお)しても甲斐(かい)()い。

Romanji

Kono kuruma wa naoshite mo Kai ga nai.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
治す (なおす)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
甲斐 (かい)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: チョク、 ジキ、 ジカ、 ただ.ちに、 なお.す、 -なお.す、 なお.る、 なお.き、 す.ぐ
Meanings: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
Readings: コウ、 カン、 きのえ
Meanings: armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
Readings: ヒ、 イ
Meanings: beautiful, patterned
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not