水虫が兄の悩みの種なのです。

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水虫が兄の悩みの種なのです。

English Translation

Athlete's foot is my brother's problem.

Furigana

水虫(みずむし)が兄(あに)の悩(なや)みの種(たね)なのです。

Romanji

Mizumushi ga ani no nayami no tane na no desu.

Words

水虫 (みずむし)

athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)

が (が)

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

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

悩み (なやみ)

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish; agony; problem

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

だ (だ)

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

です (です)

be; is