あの事件は大統領の失態であった。

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あの事件は大統領の失態であった。

English Translation

That incident was a black mark against the president.

Furigana

あの事件(じけん)は大統領(だいとうりょう)の失態(しったい)であった。

Romanji

Ano jiken wa daitōryō no shittai de atta.

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)

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

は (は)

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

大統領 (だいとうりょう)

president; chief executive

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

失態 (しったい)

mismanagement; fault; error; failure; disgrace; discredit

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...