This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

ホントしつこいなぁ、しのぶさん。なんか根負けしそう。

Sentence Analyzer

ほんと しつこい なぁ しのぶ さん なんか 根負け しそう

English Translation

Shinobu is really persistent. It seems that I am beaten.

Furigana

ホントしつこいなぁ、しのぶさん。なんか根負(こんま)けしそう。

Romanji

Honto shitsukoi naxa, Shinobu san. nanka konmake shisō.

Words

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)
truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable
しつこい (しつこい、しつっこい)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; tenacious; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy; greasy
なあ (なあ)
hey; say; look; used to get someone's attention or press one's point
偲ぶ (しのぶ)
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
なんか (なんか)
things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory)
根負け (こんまけ)
being beaten down by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience

Kanji

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings: フ、 ま.ける、 ま.かす、 お.う
Meanings: defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility