あの政治家はいわゆるリクルート・スキャンダルが発覚して以来落ち目になってしまった。

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English Translation

That politician has come down in the world since the so-called "Recruit scandal" was publicized.

Furigana

あの政治家(せいじか)はいわゆるリクルート・スキャンダルが発覚(はっかく)して以来(いらい)落(お)ち目(め)になってしまった。

Romanji

Ano seijika wa iwayuru Rikuru-To sukyandaru ga hakkakushite irai ochime ni natteshimatta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

政治家 (せいじか)

politician; statesman

は (は)

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

所謂 (いわゆる)

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

リクルート (リクルート)

recruit

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

スキャンダル (スキャンダル)

scandal

が (が)

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

発覚 (はっかく)

detection; coming to light

以来 (いらい)

since; henceforth

落ち目 (おちめ)

on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...