船田氏が新党に加わるかどうかは、定かでは、ない。

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English Translation

It is not certain if Mr Funada will join the new party.

Furigana

船田(ふなだ)氏(し)が新党(しんとう)に加(くわ)わるかどうかは、定(さだ)かでは、ない。

Romanji

Funada shi ga shintō ni kuwawaru ka dō ka wa, sadaka de wa, nai.

Words

氏 (し)

Mr; Mrs; Ms; Miss; clan; he; him; counter for people

が (が)

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

新党 (しんとう)

new (political) party

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

加わる (くわわる)

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence); to grow; to gather (speed); to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure); to be exerted

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

は (は)

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

定か (さだか)

definite; sure

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix