必死で考えた企画は却下、一生懸命作った本は売れない。山下さんは八方塞がりの状態に陥っている。

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English Translation

Yamashita is stuck with no way out. His well-thought-out project was rejected and the books he worked really hard on aren't selling.

Furigana

必死(ひっし)で考(かんが)えた企画(きかく)は却下(きゃっか)、一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)作(つく)った本(ほん)は売(う)れない。山下(やました)さんは八方塞(はっぽうふさ)がりの状態(じょうたい)に陥(おちい)っている。

Romanji

Hisshi de kangaeta kikaku wa kyakka, isshōkenmei tsukutta hon wa urenai. Yamashita san wa happōfusagari no jōtai ni ochiitteiru.

Words

必死 (ひっし)

frantic; desperate; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

だ (だ)

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

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

企画 (きかく)

planning; project; plan; design

は (は)

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

却下 (きゃっか)

rejection; dismissal

一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい)

very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

売れる (うれる)

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

山下 (さんか、やました、さんげ)

foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

八方ふさがり (はっぽうふさがり)

all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered

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

状態 (じょうたい)

current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state

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

陥る (おちいる)

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender; to capitulate