私たちは教授の示した問題を解こうと試みたが、とても面倒な問いに思えた。

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English Translation

We tried to figure out the problem our professor had given us, but it seemed confusing.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは教授(きょうじゅ)の示(しめ)した問題(もんだい)を解(ほど)こうと試(こころ)みたが、とても面倒(めんどう)な問(と)いに思(おも)えた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa kyōju no shimeshita mondai o hodokou to kokoromita ga, totemo mendōna toi ni omoeta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

教授 (きょうじゅ)

professor; teaching; instruction

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

示す (しめす)

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

を (を)

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.

解く (とく)

to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to answer; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease; to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege); to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss; to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

試みる (こころみる)

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

面倒 (めんどう)

trouble; difficulty; care; attention

問い (とい)

question; query

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

思える (おもえる)

to seem; to appear likely