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Zach

蜘蛛の巣とか一杯だったけど、他に道も無さそうだったので意を決して入っていきました。

Sentence Analyzer

蜘蛛 とか だった けど 無さそう だった ので 決して 入っていきました

English Translation

It was full of spider webs and stuff but there didn't seem to be any other way to go so we firmed up our resolve and went.

Furigana

蜘蛛(くも)()とか(いち)(はい)だったけど、()(みち)()さそうだったので()(けっ)して(はい)っていきました。

Romanji

Kumo no su toka ichi hai datta kedo, ta ni michi mo nasasō datta node i o kesshite haitteikimashita.

Words

蜘蛛 (くも、ちちゅ、ちちゅう、ちしゅ、クモ)
spider
()
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
()
nest; rookery; breeding place; hive; den; haunt; (spider's) web
とか (とか)
among other things; such things as; or something like that
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(はい、はた)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls; counter for ships, octopuses and squid
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
()
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
()
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
(みち)
road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
()
feelings; thoughts; meaning
()
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.
決して (けっして、けして)
never; by no means; not in the least; in no way
入る (いる)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

Kanji

Readings: チ、 くも
Meaning: spider
Readings: チュ、 シュ
Meaning: spider
Readings: ソウ、 す、 す.くう
Meanings: nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ハイ、 さかずき
Meanings: counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass, toast
Readings: タ、 ほか
Meanings: other, another, the others
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert