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Zach

幾度も読んでみて初めてその詩のよさが分かる。

Sentence Analyzer

幾度 読んでみて 初めて その よさ 分かる

English Translation

You can not appreciate the poem until you have read it many times.

Furigana

幾度(いくど)()んでみて(はじ)めてその()のよさが()かる。

Romanji

Ikudo mo yondemite hajimete sono shi no yosa ga wakaru.

Words

幾度 (いくど、いくたび)
(how) many times; (how) often
()
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
読む (よむ)
to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
初めて (はじめて)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
()
poem; verse of poetry
()
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
(よい)
evening; early night hours
()
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

Readings: キ、 いく-、 いく.つ、 いく.ら
Meanings: how many, how much, how far, how long, some, several
Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read
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
Readings: シ、 うた
Meanings: poem, poetry
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