最後まで議論の歯車が噛み合わなかった。

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最後まで議論の歯車が噛み合わなかった。

English Translation

We were arguing on different planes to the last.

Furigana

最後(さいご)まで議論(ぎろん)の歯車(はぐるま)が噛(かあ)み合()わなかった。

Romanji

Saigo made giron no haguruma ga kamiawanakatta.

Words

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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

歯車 (はぐるま)

gear; cog-wheel

が (が)

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

噛み合う (かみあう)

to gear (engage) with; to be in gear (mesh); to bite each other