あなたは自分の失敗を説明しなくてはならない。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

You have to account for your failure.

Furigana

あなたは自分(じぶん)の失敗(しっぱい)を説明(せつめい)しなくてはならない。

Romanji

Anata wa jibun no shippai o setsumeishinakute wanaranai.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

ば (ば)

if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since