汚い手で会社を乗っ取ったものの、腹心だと思っていた部下に裏切られ、因果応報だね。

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English Translation

When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.

Furigana

汚(きたな)い手(て)で会社(かいしゃ)を乗(のと)っ取()ったものの、腹心(ふくしん)だと思(おも)っていた部下(ぶか)に裏切(うらぎ)られ、因果応報(いんがおうほう)だね。

Romanji

Kitanai te de kaisha o nottotta monono, fukushin da to omotteita buka ni uragirare, ingaōhō da ne.

Words

汚い (きたない)

dirty; filthy; foul; unclean; disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting); indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse; dastardly; mean; base; underhanded; stingy; greedy

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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.

乗っ取る (のっとる)

to capture; to hijack; to commandeer; to occupy; to usurp

ものの (ものの)

but; although

腹心 (ふくしん)

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と (と)

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

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

部下 (ぶか)

subordinate person

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

裏切る (うらぎる)

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

因果応報 (いんがおうほう)

retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not