医者は最善を尽くしたが患者の回復は思わしくなかった。

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English Translation

Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.

Furigana

医者(いしゃ)は最善(さいぜん)を尽(つ)くしたが患者(かんじゃ)の回復(かいふく)は思(おも)わしくなかった。

Romanji

Isha wa saizen o tsukushita ga kanja no kaifuku wa omowashikunakatta.

Words

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

は (は)

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

最善 (さいぜん)

the very best

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.

尽くす (つくす)

to exhaust; to run out; to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend; to do to exhaustion

が (が)

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

患者 (かんじゃ)

(a) patient

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

回復 (かいふく)

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; return; replevin; improvement; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

思わしくない (おもわしくない)

disappointing; unsatisfactory; unsuitable