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Zach

安いと思って買ったのに、腐っていたのでかえって損をした。

Sentence Analyzer

安い 思って 買った のに 腐っていた ので かえって した

English Translation

I bought it thinking it was cheap, but it was rotten, so I ended up losing out.

Furigana

(やす)いと(おも)って()ったのに、(くさ)っていたのでかえって(そん)をした。

Romanji

Yasui to omotte katta noni, kusatteita node kaette son o shita.

Words

安い (やすい)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
買う (かう)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
のに (のに)
although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to
腐る (くさる)
to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk); to corrode; to weather; to crumble; to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice); to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt; to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action; to lose a bet; to be drenched; to become sopping wet
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
却って (かえって)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
(そん)
loss; disadvantage
()
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.
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

Kanji

Readings: アン、 やす.い、 やす.まる、 やす、 やす.らか
Meanings: relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: フ、 くさ.る、 -くさ.る、 くさ.れる、 くさ.れ、 くさ.らす、 くさ.す
Meanings: rot, decay, sour
Readings: ソン、 そこ.なう、 そこな.う、 -そこ.なう、 そこ.ねる、 -そこ.ねる
Meanings: damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure