成功の見込みはほんのわずかしかなかった。

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成功 の 見込み は ほんの わずか しか なかった 。

English Translation

There was only a faint chance of success.

Furigana

成功(せいこう)の見込(みこ)みはほんのわずかしかなかった。

Romanji

Seikō no mikomi wa honno wazuka shika nakatta.

Words

成功 (せいこう)

success; hit

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

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

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

成

Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す

Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

功

Readings: コウ、 ク、 いさお

Meanings: achievement, merits, success, honor, credit

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible

込

Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める

Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)