最初は彼の言っていることが分からなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

最初 は 彼 の 言っている こと が 分からなかった 。

English Translation

At first, I couldn't make out what he was saying.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)は彼(かれ)の言(い)っていることが分(わ)からなかった。

Romanji

Saisho wa kare no itteiru koto ga wakaranakatta.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

事 (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

が (が)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Kanji

最

Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま

Meanings: utmost, most, extreme

初

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

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100