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Zach

そのことがらはほんの偶然にすぎない。

Sentence Analyzer

その こと がら ほんの 偶然 すぎない

English Translation

The matter is nothing more than an accident.

Furigana

そのことがらはほんの偶然(ぐうぜん)にすぎない。

Romanji

Sono koto gara wa honno gūzen ni suginai.

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...
(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
(がら)
chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass; poor-quality coke (coal); left-overs; remnants
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
本の (ほんの)
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)
偶然 (ぐうぜん)
(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence
()
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 ...

Kanji

Readings: グウ、 たま
Meanings: accidentally, even number, couple, man & wife, same kind
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well