一言で言うなら、彼女の問題は内気なことだ。

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English Translation

Off hand, I'd say her problem is shyness.

Furigana

一言(ひとこと)で言(い)うなら、彼女(かのじょ)の問題(もんだい)は内気(うちき)なことだ。

Romanji

Hitokoto de iu nara, kanojo no mondai wa uchikina koto da.

Words

一言 (ひとこと、いちげん、いちごん)

single word; a few words; brief comment

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

だ (だ)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

の (の)

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

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

は (は)

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

内気 (うちき)

bashfulness; shyness; reserve; timidity

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as