彼の機嫌がいいことなど滅多にない。

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彼 の 機嫌 が いい こと など 滅多 にない 。

English Translation

He is rarely in a good mood.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の機嫌(きげん)がいいことなど滅多(めった)にない。

Romanji

Kare no kigen ga ii koto nado metta ninai.

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

機嫌 (きげん)

humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits; safety; health; well-being; one's situation; in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper

が (が)

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

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

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

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

滅多 (めった)

thoughtless; reckless; careless; rash; seldom (with neg. verb); rare; ordinary; usual; common; excessive; immoderate; extreme

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

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

嫌

Readings: ケン、 ゲン、 きら.う、 きら.い、 いや

Meanings: dislike, detest, hate

滅

Readings: メツ、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす

Meanings: destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish

多

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much