不運にもＡＬＳにかかってしまったことは別として、私は、他のほとんどすべての天で幸運であった。

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English Translation

Apart from being unlucky enough to get ALS, I have been fortunate in almost every other respect.

Furigana

不運(ふうん)にもＡＬＳにかかってしまったことは別(べつ)として、私(わたし)は、他(た)のほとんどすべての天(てん)で幸運(こううん)であった。

Romanji

Fuun ni mo ni kakatteshimatta koto wa betsu toshite, watashi wa, ta no hotondo subete no ten de kōun de atta.

Words

不運 (ふうん)

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune; bad break; tough luck; mischance

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

ＡＬＳ (エーエルエス)

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; ALS

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

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

は (は)

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

別 (べつ、べち)

distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

天 (てん、あめ、あま)

sky; heaven; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism)

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.

幸運 (こううん)

good luck; fortune

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...