妻は私を説き伏せて新車を買わせようとした。

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English Translation

My wife tried to persuade me into buying a new car.

Furigana

妻(つま)は私(わたし)を説(と)き伏(ふ)せて新車(しんしゃ)を買(か)わせようとした。

Romanji

Tsuma wa watashi o tokifusete shinsha o kawaseyou to shita.

Words

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

説き伏せる (ときふせる)

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

新車 (しんしゃ)

new car

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to