彼女は笑おうとしたがだめだった。
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English Translation
She tried to smile in vain.
Furigana
Romanji
Kanojo wa waraou to shita ga dame datta.
Words
彼女
(かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
笑う
(わらう)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
駄目
(だめ、ダメ)
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative