その会社の株の仕手戦は、倒産の危機が差し迫っていることを隠す方便にすぎなかった。

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English Translation

The big promotion of that company's stock was just a cover-up to hide their impending bankruptcy.

Furigana

その会社(かいしゃ)の株(かぶ)の仕手戦(してせん)は、倒産(とうさん)の危機(きき)が差(さ)し迫(せま)っていることを隠(かく)す方便(ほうべん)にすぎなかった。

Romanji

Sono kaisha no kabu no shitesen wa, tōsan no kiki ga sashisematteiru koto o kakusu hōben ni suginakatta.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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

株 (かぶ)

stock; share; stump; root; rootstock; strain (of bacteria, etc.); tradeable rank; goodwill; one's forte

仕手戦 (してせん)

large-scale speculative go-around

は (は)

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

倒産 (とうさん)

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

危機 (きき)

crisis; danger; risk

が (が)

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

差し迫る (さしせまる)

to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent

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.

隠す (かくす)

to hide; to conceal

方便 (ほうべん)

expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

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

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...