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彼女はあっさり自分の間違いを認める必要はなかったのに。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女 あっさり 自分 間違い 認める 必要 なかった のに

English Translation

She need not have owned up to her faults.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)はあっさり自分(じぶん)間違(まちが)いを(みと)める必要(ひつよう)はなかったのに。

Romanji

Kanojo wa assari jibun no machigai o mitomeru hitsuyō wa nakatta noni.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
あっさり (あっさり)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (flavored food, applied makeup)
自分 (じぶん)
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you
()
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
間違い (まちがい)
mistake; error; blunder; accident; mishap; trouble; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
()
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.
認める (みとめる)
to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice; to deem; to judge; to assess; to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow; to admit; to accept; to confess (to a charge); to watch steadily; to observe carefully; to renown; to give renown to; to appreciate; to acknowledge
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
のに (のに)
although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: イ、 ちが.う、 ちが.い、 ちが.える、 -ちが.える、 たが.う、 たが.える
Meanings: difference, differ
Readings: ニン、 みと.める、 したた.める
Meanings: acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to