さらに困ったことに、恐ろしい嵐の来る気配があった。

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English Translation

To make matters worse, there were signs of a fearful storm.

Furigana

さらに困(こま)ったことに、恐(おそ)ろしい嵐(あらし)の来(く)る気配(けはい)があった。

Romanji

Sarani komatta koto ni, osoroshii arashi no kuru kehai ga atta.

Words

更に (さらに)

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

困る (こまる)

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped

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

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

恐ろしい (おそろしい)

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

嵐 (あらし)

storm; tempest; difficulty; trouble

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

気配 (けはい、きはい)

indication; sign; hint; presence; trend; quotation (esp. stock market)

が (が)

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

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