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Zach

例え彼が失敗してもかなうものか。

Sentence Analyzer

例え 失敗して かなう もの

English Translation

What if he fails?

Furigana

(たと)(かれ)失敗(しっぱい)してもかなうものか。

Romanji

Tatoe kare ga shippaishite mo kanau mono ka.

Words

例える (たとえる)
to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
失敗 (しっぱい)
failure; mistake; blunder
()
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
叶う (かなう)
to come true (wish); to be suited; to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)
(もの、もん)
person
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: レイ、 たと.える
Meanings: example, custom, usage, precedent
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる
Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる
Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal