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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

彼は複雑なぜんまいじかけのおもちゃを考案した。

Sentence Analyzer

複雑な ぜんまい かけ おもちゃ 考案した

English Translation

He devised a complicated clockwork toy.

Furigana

(かれ)複雑(ふくざつ)なぜんまいじかけのおもちゃを考案(こうあん)した。

Romanji

Kare wa fukuzatsuna zenmai ji kake no omocha o kōanshita.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
複雑 (ふくざつ)
complex; complicated; mixed (feelings)
(ぜんまい、ゼンマイ)
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
()
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
掛け (かけ)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest; rack; hanger
()
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
玩具 (おもちゃ、がんぐ、オモチャ)
toy; plaything
()
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.
考案 (こうあん)
plan; device; idea; invention

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Reading: フク
Meanings: duplicate, double, compound, multiple
Readings: ザツ、 ゾウ、 まじ.える、 まじ.る
Meaning: miscellaneous
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over
Readings: アン、 つくえ
Meanings: plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench