言うまでもないことだが捜索は徒労に終わった。

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English Translation

It goes without saying, but the search ended in vain.

Furigana

言(い)うまでもないことだが捜索(そうさく)は徒労(とろう)に終(お)わった。

Romanji

Iumademonai koto da ga sōsaku wa torō ni owatta.

Words

言うまでもない (いうまでもない、ゆうまでもない)

it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

捜索 (そうさく)

search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation

は (は)

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

徒労 (とろう)

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

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

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close