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このような苦しい時には、並たいていのことでは、会社の赤字をなくすことはできない。

Sentence Analyzer

この ような 苦しい 時に たいてい こと 会社 赤字 なくす こと できない

English Translation

In hard times like this, no ordinary effort can get our company out of the red.

Furigana

このような(くる)しい(とき)には、(なみ)たいていのことでは、会社(かいしゃ)赤字(あかじ)をなくすことはできない。

Romanji

Kono yōna kurushii tokini wa, nami taitei no koto de wa, kaisha no akaji o nakusu koto wa dekinai.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
苦しい (くるしい)
painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation); painful (position); (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant
時に (ときに)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(なみ)
average; medium; common; ordinary; line; row of (e.g. houses); mid-grade; same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth)
大抵 (たいてい)
mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; most; almost all; ordinary; proper; appropriate; moderate
()
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
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
会社 (かいしゃ)
company; corporation; workplace
赤字 (あかじ)
deficit; (being in or going into) the red; red text; red letters; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
()
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.
無くす (なくす)
to lose something; to get rid of; to lose someone (wife, child, etc.)
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ヘイ、 ホウ、 な.み、 なみ、 なら.べる、 なら.ぶ、 なら.びに
Meanings: row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
Meaning: red
Readings: ジ、 あざ、 あざな、 -な
Meanings: character, letter, word, section of village