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Zach

その陰謀を画策してる人たちを必要以上に大きく見てしまうことは、まさに彼らの思うツボだと思います。

Sentence Analyzer

その 陰謀 画策してる 人たち 必要 以上に 大きく 見てしまう こと まさに 彼ら 思う つぼ 思います

English Translation

I think overestimating the people masterminding that conspiracy is exactly what they want.

Furigana

その陰謀(いんぼう)画策(かくさく)してる(ひと)たちを必要(ひつよう)以上(いじょう)(おお)きく()てしまうことは、まさに(かれ)らの(おも)うツボだと(おも)います。

Romanji

Sono inbō o kakusakushiteru hitotachi o hitsuyō ijōni ōkiku miteshimau koto wa, masani karera no omou tsubo da to omoimasu.

Words

其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
陰謀 (いんぼう)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
()
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.
画策 (かくさく)
plan; scheme; program formulation; programme formulation; maneuver; manoeuvre
人達 (ひとたち)
people
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
大きい (おおきい)
big; large; great; loud
見る (みる)
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
正に (まさに)
exactly; surely; certainly; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening); duly; naturally
彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
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
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
(つぼ、ツボ、つほ、つふ)
jar; pot; vase; dice cup; depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall); target (when aiming an arrow); (figurative) bull's-eye; key point (of a conversation, etc.); acupuncture point; moxibustion point; nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

Kanji

Readings: イン、 かげ、 かげ.る
Meanings: shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow
Readings: ボウ、 ム、 はか.る、 たばか.る、 はかりごと
Meanings: conspire, cheat, impose on, plan, devise, scheme, have in mind, deceive
Readings: ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ、 えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る
Meanings: brush-stroke, picture
Reading: サク
Meanings: scheme, plan, policy, step, means
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: イ、 もっ.て
Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think