父の病状は一喜一憂です。

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父の病状は一喜一憂です。

English Translation

My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again.

Furigana

父(ちち)の病状(びょうじょう)は一喜一憂(いっきいちゆう)です。

Romanji

Chichi no byōjō wa ikkiichiyū desu.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

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

病状 (びょうじょう)

patient's condition; pathology

は (は)

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

一喜一憂 (いっきいちゆう)

now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease

です (です)

be; is