話の接ぎ穂がなくて困った。

Sentence Analyzer

話 の 接ぎ 穂 が なくて 困った 。

English Translation

He found it very hard to keep the conversation going.

Furigana

話(はなし)の接(は)ぎ穂(ほ)がなくて困(こま)った。

Romanji

Hanashi no hagi ho ga nakute komatta.

Words

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

の (の)

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

穂 (ほ)

ear (of plant); head (of plant); point; tip; scion (in grafting); cion

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

困る (こまる)

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped

Kanji

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

接

Readings: セツ、 ショウ、 つ.ぐ

Meanings: touch, contact, adjoin, piece together

穂

Readings: スイ、 ほ

Meanings: ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)

困

Readings: コン、 こま.る

Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed