しかし、ゴルバチョフ大統領が健康に何らかの問題を抱えているという兆候はありませんでしたし、その消息も目下のところ不明です。

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English Translation

But there had been no indications Gorbachev was having any sort of health problems, and it is not exactly clear what's happened to him now.

Furigana

しかし、ゴルバチョフ大統領(だいとうりょう)が健康(けんこう)に何(なん)らかの問題(もんだい)を抱(かか)えているという兆候(ちょうこう)はありませんでしたし、その消息(しょうそく)も目下(もっか)のところ不明(ふめい)です。

Romanji

Shikashi, Gorubachofu daitōryō ga kenkō ni nanrakano mondai o kakaeteiru toiu chōkō wa arimasen deshita shi, sono shōsoku mo mokka no tokoro fumei desu.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

大統領 (だいとうりょう)

president; chief executive

が (が)

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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.

抱える (かかえる)

to hold or carry under or in the arms; to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.); to employ; to engage; to hire

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

兆候 (ちょうこう)

sign; indication; omen; symptom

は (は)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

デス (デス)

death

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

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...

消息 (しょうそく、しょうそこ)

news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements

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

目下 (もっか)

at present; now

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

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

不明 (ふめい)

unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; anonymous; unidentified; ignorant; lack of wisdom

です (です)

be; is