彼の優柔不断が将来の災いの種をまいた。

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彼 の 優柔不断 が 将来 の 災い の 種 を まいた 。

English Translation

His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の優柔不断(ゆうじゅうふだん)が将来(しょうらい)の災(わざわ)いの種(たね)をまいた。

Romanji

Kare no yūjūfudan ga shōrai no wazawai no tane o maita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

優柔不断 (ゆうじゅうふだん)

shilly-shally; indecisiveness

が (が)

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

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

災い (わざわい)

calamity; catastrophe; misfortune

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

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.

巻く (まく)

to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf); to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt; to link (verse); to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

優

Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る

Meanings: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness

柔

Readings: ジュウ、 ニュウ、 やわ.らか、 やわ.らかい、 やわ、 やわ.ら

Meanings: tender, weakness, gentleness, softness

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

断

Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める

Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting

将

Readings: ショウ、 ソウ、 まさ.に、 はた、 まさ、 ひきい.る、 もって

Meanings: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become

災

Readings: サイ、 わざわ.い

Meanings: disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil

種

Readings: シュ、 たね、 -ぐさ

Meanings: species, kind, class, variety, seed