彼は事業に失敗した。さらに困ったことに奥さんが病気になった。

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English Translation

He failed in business, and to make matters worse, his wife fell ill.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は事業(じぎょう)に失敗(しっぱい)した。さらに困(こま)ったことに奥(おく)さんが病気(びょうき)になった。

Romanji

Kare wa jigyō ni shippaishita. sarani komatta koto ni okusan ga byōki ni natta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

事業 (じぎょう、ことわざ)

project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service; act; deed; conduct

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

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

更に (さらに)

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

困る (こまる)

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

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

奥さん (おくさん)

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

が (が)

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

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...