長年の努力が烏有に帰した。

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長年の努力が烏有に帰した。

English Translation

Years of effort came to nothing.

Furigana

長年(ながねん)の努力(どりょく)が烏有(うゆう)に帰(かえ)した。

Romanji

Naganen no doryoku ga uyū ni kaeshita.

Words

長年 (ながねん、えいねん)

long time; many years

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

努力 (どりょく)

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort

が (が)

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

烏有 (うゆう)

nonexistence

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

帰す (きす)

to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame