ジョンは突然病気になったが、ビルの場合、彼は会のことをすっかり忘れていたのだ。

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ジョンは突然病気になったが、びるの場合、彼は会のことをすっかり忘れていたのだ。

English Translation

John got suddenly ill, but in the case of Bill, he simply forgot about the meeting.

Furigana

ジョンは突然(とつぜん)病気(びょうき)になったが、ビルの場合(ばあい)、彼(かれ)は会(かい)のことをすっかり忘(わす)れていたのだ。

Romanji

Jon wa totsuzen byōki ni natta ga, biru no baai, kare wa kai no koto o sukkari wasureteita no da.

Words

は (は)

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

突然 (とつぜん)

abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

が (が)

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

ビル (ビル)

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

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

場合 (ばあい)

case; situation

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

会 (かい)

meeting; assembly; party; association; club

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.

すっかり (すっかり)

all; completely; thoroughly

忘れる (わすれる)

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

だ (だ)

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