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Zach

あの人の動機が信用できなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 動機 信用 できなかった

English Translation

I was distrustful of his motives.

Furigana

あの(ひと)動機(どうき)信用(しんよう)できなかった。

Romanji

Ano hito no dōki ga shin'yō dekinakatta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
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
動機 (どうき)
motive; incentive; motif
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
信用 (しんよう)
confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence; trust
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Reading: シン
Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ