義男は新しいバスケットシューズに１万５千円も払うといったが、私はそれは高すぎると思いました。

Sentence Analyzer

義男は新しいバスケットしゅーずに１万５千円も払うといったが、私はそれは高すぎると思いました。

English Translation

Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.

Furigana

義男(よしお)は新(あたら)しいバスケットシューズに１万(まん)５千(せん)円(えん)も払(はら)うといったが、私(わたし)はそれは高(たか)すぎると思(おも)いました。

Romanji

Yoshio wa atarashii basuketto shu-zu ni ichi man go sen en mo harau to itta ga, watashi wa sore wa takasugiru to omoimashita.

Words

は (は)

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

バスケット (バスケット)

basket; basketball; basket cloth

ジュース (ジュース)

juice; soft drink (any (sweet) non-alcoholic beverage, carbonated or uncarbonated); deuce

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

万 (まん、よろず)

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; various

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

千 (せん、ち)

1,000; thousand

円 (えん)

yen; Japanese monetary unit; circle

も (も)

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

払う (はらう)

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)

と (と)

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

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

が (が)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember