実験は最初の階段でつまずいた。
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English Translation
The experiment failed in the initial stages.
Furigana
Romanji
Jikken wa saisho no kaidan de tsumazuita.
Words
実験
(じっけん)
experiment
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
最初
(さいしょ)
beginning; outset; first; onset
の
(の)
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
階段
(かいだん)
stairs; stairway; staircase
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.
躓く
(つまずく、つまづく)
to stumble; to trip; to fail
Kanji
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: ケン、 ゲン、 あかし、 しるし、 ため.す、 ためし
Meanings: verification, effect, testing
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め
Meanings: first time, beginning
Readings: カイ、 きざはし
Meanings: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
Readings: ダン、 タン
Meanings: grade, steps, stairs