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新しい車の調子がいま一つです。操縦がきかない。

Sentence Analyzer

新しい 調子 いま 一つ です 操縦 きかない

English Translation

I had trouble with the new car. It was difficult to steer.

Furigana

(あたら)しい(くるま)調子(ちょうし)がいま(ひと)つです。操縦(そうじゅう)がきかない。

Romanji

Atarashii kuruma no chōshi ga ima hitotsu desu. sōjū ga kikanai.

Words

新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
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
調子 (ちょうし)
tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm; vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack; condition; state of health; impetus; spur of the moment; strain; trend
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
居間 (いま)
living room (western style)
一つ (ひとつ)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")
です (です)
be; is
操縦 (そうじゅう)
steering; piloting; flying; control; operation; handling; management; handling; control; manipulation
疑懼 (ぎく)
apprehension; uneasiness

Kanji

Readings: シン、 あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
Meaning: new
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
調
Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える
Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ソウ、 サン、 みさお、 あやつ.る
Meanings: maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity
Readings: ジュウ、 たて
Meanings: vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward