この家は便利なところにあるが、ただ困ったことに、私の大家族には狭すぎます。

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English Translation

This house is conveniently situated but the trouble is that it is too small for my large family.

Furigana

この家(いえ)は便利(べんり)なところにあるが、ただ困(こま)ったことに、私(わたし)の大(だい)家族(かぞく)には狭(せま)すぎます。

Romanji

Kono ie wa benrina tokoroni aru ga, tada komatta koto ni, watashi no dai kazoku ni wa semasugimasu.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

は (は)

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

便利 (べんり)

convenient; handy; useful

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

が (が)

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

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

大 (おお)

big; large

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

狭い (せまい)

narrow; confined; small