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日米の利害がこの点で衝突した。

Sentence Analyzer

利害 この 衝突した

English Translation

Japanese and American interests clashed on this point.

Furigana

(にち)(べい)利害(りがい)がこの(てん)衝突(しょうとつ)した。

Romanji

Nichi Bei no rigai ga kono ten de shōtotsushita.

Words

()
day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event
(こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)
(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old
()
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
利害 (りがい)
advantages and disadvantages; interest
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(てん)
spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
衝突 (しょうとつ)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル、 こめ、 よね
Meanings: rice, USA, metre
Readings: リ、 き.く
Meanings: profit, advantage, benefit
Reading: ガイ
Meanings: harm, injury
Readings: テン、 つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち
Meanings: spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
Readings: ショウ、 つ.く
Meanings: collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick
Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く
Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden