彼はどうしても聞こうとしない。レンガの壁に話しかけるようなものだ。

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彼はどうしても聞こうとしない。れんがの壁に話しかけるようなものだ。

English Translation

He won't listen. I might as well talk to a brick wall.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はどうしても聞(き)こうとしない。レンガの壁(かべ)に話(はな)しかけるようなものだ。

Romanji

Kare wa dōshitemo kikou to shinai. renga no kabe ni hanashikakeru yōna mono da.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

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

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

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

煉瓦 (れんが、レンガ)

brick

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

壁 (かべ、へき)

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

話しかける (はなしかける)

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative