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Zach

誰でも真の動機を疑われるのはいやなことだ。

Sentence Analyzer

でも 動機 疑われる いやな こと

English Translation

Nobody likes to have his true motive doubted.

Furigana

(だれ)でも(しん)動機(どうき)(うたが)われるのはいやなことだ。

Romanji

Dare demo shin no dōki o utagawareru no wa iyana koto da.

Words

(だれ、たれ、た)
who
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
(しん)
truth; reality; genuineness; seriousness; logical TRUE; printed style writing; star performer
()
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
動機 (どうき)
motive; incentive; motif
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
疑う (うたがう)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(いや、や)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと
Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: ギ、 うたが.う
Meanings: doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question