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Zach

この機械がうまく動くかどうかは疑わしい。

Sentence Analyzer

この 機械 うまく 動く どう 疑わしい

English Translation

It is doubtful whether this machine works well or not.

Furigana

この機械(きかい)がうまく(うご)くかどうかは(うたが)わしい。

Romanji

Kono kikai ga umaku ugoku ka dō ka wa utagawashii.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
機械 (きかい)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
上手い (うまい)
skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful; delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty; fortunate; splendid; promising
動く (うごく)
to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; certain; factual; to be transferred
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
疑わしい (うたがわしい)
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

Kanji

Readings: キ、 はた
Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Readings: カイ、 かせ
Meanings: contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす
Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Readings: ギ、 うたが.う
Meanings: doubt, distrust, be suspicious, question