この車は近ごろ故障ばかりしている。

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この 近ごろ 故障 ばかり している

English Translation

This car is always breaking down lately.

Furigana

この(くるま)(ちか)ごろ故障(こしょう)ばかりしている。

Romanji

Kono kuruma wa chikagoro koshō bakari shiteiru.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
近頃 (ちかごろ)
lately; recently; nowadays
故障 (こしょう)
breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest
許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: ショウ、 さわ.る
Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm