日本の将来の見込みは暗いように思われる。

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English Translation

The prospects for Japan's future look dismal.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)の将来(しょうらい)の見込(みこ)みは暗(くら)いように思(おも)われる。

Romanji

Nippon no shōrai no mikomi wa kurai yōni omowareru.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

将来 (しょうらい)

future (usually near); prospects

見込み (みこみ)

hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood; expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate; side of a structural member

は (は)

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

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember