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Zach

言うまでもないことだが、彼は賞を取れなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

言うまでもない こと 取れなかった

English Translation

Needless to say, he did not win the prize.

Furigana

()うまでもないことだが、(かれ)(しょう)()れなかった。

Romanji

Iumademonai koto da ga, kare wa shō o torenakatta.

Words

言うまでもない (いうまでもない、ゆうまでもない)
it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(しょう)
prize; award
()
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.
取れる (とれる)
to come off; to be removed; (of pain, a fever, etc.) to disappear; to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken as; (of balance, etc.) to be attained; to be obtainable

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ショウ、 ほ.める
Meanings: prize, reward, praise
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up