彼の失敗は無能によるものかそれとも不運によるものか。

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English Translation

Is his failure ascribable to incompetence or to bad luck?

Furigana

彼(かれ)の失敗(しっぱい)は無能(むのう)によるものかそれとも不運(ふうん)によるものか。

Romanji

Kare no shippai wa munō niyoru mono ka soretomo fuun niyoru mono ka.

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

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

は (は)

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

無能 (むのう)

inefficiency; incompetence; incompetent person

に依る (による)

by means of; due to; because of; according to

者 (もの、もん)

person

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

其れ共 (それとも)

or; or else

不運 (ふうん)

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune; bad break; tough luck; mischance