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Zach

あの討論会では力不足でした。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 討論会 力不足 でした

English Translation

I was out of my depth in that debate.

Furigana

あの討論会(とうろんかい)では力不足(ちからぶそく)でした。

Romanji

Ano tōronkai de wa chikarabusoku deshita.

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)
討論会 (とうろんかい)
debate; panel discussion; forum
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
力不足 (ちからぶそく)
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: トウ、 う.つ
Meanings: chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
Reading: ロン
Meanings: argument, discourse
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す
Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear