おそらく、見張りに重大な欠陥があったんではないかと考えています。

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English Translation

I think that it likely that there was a major fault in the lookout.

Furigana

おそらく、見張(みは)りに重大(じゅうだい)な欠陥(けっかん)があったんではないかと考(かんが)えています。

Romanji

Osoraku, mihari ni jūdaina kekkan ga atta n de wa nai ka to kangaeteimasu.

Words

恐らく (おそらく)

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

見張り (みはり)

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

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

重大 (じゅうだい)

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

欠陥 (けっかん)

defect; fault; deficiency; deformity; shortage; gap

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

だ (だ)

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

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on