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Zach

土壇場で言葉が旨く言えなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

土壇場 言葉 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)言葉(ことば)(うま)()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、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
()
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

Readings: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
Readings: ダン、 タン
Meanings: podium, stage, rostrum, terrace
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ヨウ、 は
Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
Readings: シ、 むね、 うま.い
Meanings: delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert