父は４語でそうしたことを充分すぎるくらいやり遂げていたのであり、それによってシェイクスピアの引用はビジネスのアドバイザーが望み得る限りの効果性を得たのであった。

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English Translation

My father achieved that and more in four words, which made quoting Shakespeare as effective as any business adviser could wish.

Furigana

父(ちち)は４語(ご)でそうしたことを充分(じゅうぶん)すぎるくらいやり遂(と)げていたのであり、それによってシェイクスピアの引用(いんよう)はビジネスのアドバイザーが望(のぞ)み得(え)る限(かぎ)りの効果性(こうかせい)を得(え)たのであった。

Romanji

Chichi wa yon go de sōshita koto o jūbunsugiru kurai yaritogeteita no de ari, sore niyotte Sheikusupia no in'yō wa bijinesu no adobaiza- ga nozomieru kagiri no kōkasei o eta no de atta.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

語 (ご)

language; word

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.

然うした (そうした)

such

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

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.

十分 (じゅうぶん)

plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate; division into ten; perfectly; thoroughly; fully; in full

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

やり遂げる (やりとげる)

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

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

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

引用 (いんよう)

quotation; citation; reference

ビジネス (ビジネス)

business

アドバイザー (アドバイザー、アドヴァイザー)

adviser; advisor

が (が)

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

望む (のぞむ)

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

限り (かぎり)

limit; limits; bounds; degree; extent; scope; as far as possible; as much as possible; to the best of one's ability; very much; unless (after neg. verb); the end; the last; as long as; only

得る (うる)

to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain