ことの真相は突き止めがたい。

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こと の 真相 は 突き止め がたい 。

English Translation

It is difficult to ascertain what really happened.

Furigana

ことの真相(しんそう)は突(つ)き止(と)めがたい。

Romanji

Koto no shinsō wa tsukitome gatai.

Words

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

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

真相 (しんそう)

truth; real situation

は (は)

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

突き止める (つきとめる)

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to make sure; to locate; to identify; to find out; to ascertain

難い (にくい、がたい)

difficult to ...; hard to ...

Kanji

真

Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと

Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect

相

Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-

Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy

突

Readings: トツ、 カ、 つ.く

Meanings: stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

止

Readings: シ、 と.まる、 -ど.まり、 と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、 とど.める、 とど.め、 とど.まる、 や.める、 や.む、 -や.む、 よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し

Meanings: stop, halt