一生懸命磨きました。困ったのは、意外と低級宝石のストックがないことです。

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English Translation

I polished for all I was worth. The trouble is that my stock of low-grade gems was surprisingly low.

Furigana

一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)磨(みが)きました。困(こま)ったのは、意外(いがい)と低級(ていきゅう)宝石(ほうせき)のストックがないことです。

Romanji

Isshōkenmei migakimashita. komatta no wa, igaito teikyū hōseki no sutokku ga nai koto desu.

Words

一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい)

very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life

磨く (みがく)

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine; to improve

困る (こまる)

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped

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

は (は)

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

低級 (ていきゅう)

low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level

宝石 (ほうせき)

gem; jewel; precious stone

ストック (ストック)

stock; ski pole

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 ...

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

です (です)

be; is