This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

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

あなたの作文は全然だめだというわけではない。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた 作文 全然 だめ という わけ ない

English Translation

Your composition is not altogether bad.

Furigana

あなたの作文(さくぶん)全然(ぜんぜん)だめだというわけではない。

Romanji

Anata no sakubun wa zenzen dame da toiu wake de wa nai.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
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
作文 (さくぶん)
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
全然 (ぜんぜん)
not at all (with neg. verb); wholly; entirely; completely
駄目 (だめ、ダメ)
no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(わけ)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: ゼン、 まった.く、 すべ.て
Meanings: whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well