土壇場で言葉が旨く言えなかった。

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土壇場 で 言葉 が 旨く 言えなかった 。

English Translation

Words failed me at the last minute.

Furigana

土壇場(どたんば)で言葉(ことば)が旨(うま)く言(い)えなかった。

Romanji

Dotanba de kotoba ga umaku ienakatta.

Words

土壇場 (どたんば)

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

で (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.

言葉 (ことば、けとば)

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

上手い (うまい)

skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful; delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty; fortunate; splendid; promising

言える (いえる)

to be possible to say; to be able to say

Kanji

土

Readings: ド、 ト、 つち

Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey

壇

Readings: ダン、 タン

Meanings: podium, stage, rostrum, terrace

場

Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば

Meanings: location, place

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

葉

Readings: ヨウ、 は

Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

旨

Readings: シ、 むね、 うま.い

Meanings: delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert