負債は帳消しにするしかなかった。
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English Translation
We had to write off the debt.
Furigana
Romanji
Fusai wa chōkeshi ni suru shika nakatta.
Words
負債
(ふさい)
debt; liabilities
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
帳消し
(ちょうけし)
cancellation; writing off
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
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
しか
(しか)
only; nothing but
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 ...
Kanji
Readings: フ、 ま.ける、 ま.かす、 お.う
Meanings: defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
Reading: サイ
Meanings: bond, loan, debt
Readings: チョウ、 とばり
Meanings: notebook, account book, album, curtain, veil, net, tent
Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す
Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel