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Zach

いつものことですが、今回も泥縄式の勉強でした。

Sentence Analyzer

いつも こと です 今回 泥縄式 勉強 でした

English Translation

This time, the same as always, I crammed at the last minute.

Furigana

いつものことですが、今回(こんかい)泥縄式(どろなわしき)勉強(べんきょう)でした。

Romanji

Itsumo no koto desu ga, konkai mo doronawashiki no benkyō deshita.

Words

何時も (いつも)
always; usually; every time; never
()
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
(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
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
今回 (こんかい)
now; this time; lately
()
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
泥縄式 (どろなわしき)
last minute; eleventh hour
勉強 (べんきょう)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える
Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
Readings: デイ、 ナイ、 デ、 ニ、 どろ
Meanings: mud, mire, adhere to, be attached to
Readings: ジョウ、 なわ、 ただ.す
Meanings: straw rope, cord
Reading: シキ
Meanings: style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
Readings: ベン、 つと.める
Meanings: exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent
Readings: キョウ、 ゴウ、 つよ.い、 つよ.まる、 つよ.める、 し.いる、 こわ.い
Meaning: strong