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Zach

どんな道でも必ず曲がり角がある。

Sentence Analyzer

どんな 必ず 曲がり角 ある

English Translation

It is a long lane that has no turning.

Furigana

どんな(みち)でも(かなら)()がり(かど)がある。

Romanji

Donna michi de mo kanarazu magarikado ga aru.

Words

どんな (どんな)
what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)
(みち)
road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
()
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
必ず (かならず)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
曲がり角 (まがりかど)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Readings: カク、 かど、 つの
Meanings: angle, corner, square, horn, antlers