彼女の失敗の原因を勤勉さがなかったせいにすべきでない。

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English Translation

Her failure is not to be ascribed to want of diligence.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)の失敗(しっぱい)の原因(げんいん)を勤勉(きんべん)さがなかったせいにすべきでない。

Romanji

Kanojo no shippai no gen'in o kinbensa ga nakatta sei ni su beki denai.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

原因 (げんいん)

cause; origin; source

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

勤勉 (きんべん)

diligent; industrious

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

所為 (せい、せえ)

consequence; outcome; result; blame

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

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