うちの会社は倒産寸前です。お恥ずかしい話ですが。

Sentence Analyzer

うち の 会社 は 倒産 寸前 です 。 お 恥ずかしい 話 です が 。

English Translation

Our firm is on the verge of bankruptcy, I'm ashamed to say.

Furigana

うちの会社(かいしゃ)は倒産(とうさん)寸前(すんぜん)です。お恥(は)ずかしい話(はなし)ですが。

Romanji

Uchi no kaisha wa tōsan sunzen desu. o hazukashii hanashi desu ga.

Words

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

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

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

は (は)

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

倒産 (とうさん)

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

寸前 (すんぜん)

on the verge; on the brink; just in front of; just before

です (です)

be; is

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

恥ずかしい (はずかしい)

shy; ashamed; embarrassed; disgraceful; shameful

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

が (が)

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

Kanji

会

Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる

Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join

社

Readings: シャ、 やしろ

Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine

倒

Readings: トウ、 たお.れる、 -だお.れ、 たお.す、 さかさま、 さかさ、 さかしま

Meanings: overthrow, fall, collapse, drop, break down

産

Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す

Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

寸

Reading: スン

Meanings: measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small

前

Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ

Meanings: in front, before

恥

Readings: チ、 は.じる、 はじ、 は.じらう、 は.ずかしい

Meanings: shame, dishonor

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk