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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

スミスさんがあまりにも早口でしゃべるので、言うことが聞き取れませんでした。

Sentence Analyzer

スミス さん あまりに 早口 しゃべる ので 言う こと 聞き取れません でした

English Translation

Mr Smith spoke so fast I couldn't take in what he said.

Furigana

スミスさんがあまりにも早口(はやくち)でしゃべるので、()うことが(きと)()れませんでした。

Romanji

Sumisu san ga amarini mo hayakuchi de shaberu node, iu koto ga kikitoremasen deshita.

Words

さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
余りに (あまりに)
too much; excessively; too
()
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
早口 (はやくち、はやぐち)
fast-talking; rapid talking
(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.
喋る (しゃべる)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
(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
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: ソウ、 サッ、 はや.い、 はや、 はや-、 はや.まる、 はや.める、 さ-
Meanings: early, fast
Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち
Meaning: mouth
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる
Meanings: hear, ask, listen
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up