壊れたラジオを修理していて、回路の動作原理を理解できていないことに改めて気がつきます。

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English Translation

Repairing a broken radio I realise over again that I don't have an understanding of the operating principles of circuitry.

Furigana

壊(こわ)れたラジオを修理(しゅうり)していて、回路(かいろ)の動作(どうさ)原理(げんり)を理解(りかい)できていないことに改(あらた)めて気(き)がつきます。

Romanji

Kowareta rajio o shūrishiteite, kairo no dōsa genri o rikai dekiteinai koto ni aratamete ki ga tsukimasu.

Words

壊れる (こわれる)

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

ラジオ (ラジオ)

radio

を (を)

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.

修理 (しゅうり、しゅり、すり)

repairing; mending; servicing

回路 (かいろ)

circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

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

動作 (どうさ)

action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners

原理 (げんり)

principle; theory; fundamental truth

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

改めて (あらためて)

another time; again; over again; once again; anew; formally; especially; intentionally; deliberately

気 (き)

spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

点く (つく)

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire