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Zach

金があったらそうしたいのです。ところが実はどうすることもできないのです。

Sentence Analyzer

あったら そう したい です ところが 実は どう する こと できない です

English Translation

If I were rich, I would do so. As it is, I can do nothing.

Furigana

(きむ)があったらそうしたいのです。ところが(じつ)はどうすることもできないのです。

Romanji

Kimu ga attara sō shitai no desu. tokoroga jitsuha dō suru koto mo dekinai no desu.

Words

(かね、かな)
money; metal
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
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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
です (です)
be; is
所が (ところが)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite
実は (じつは)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
(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
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too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth