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状況は処理が次第に困難になりつつあった。

Sentence Analyzer

状況 処理 次第に 困難 なり つつ あった

English Translation

The situation was getting difficult to deal with.

Furigana

状況(じょうきょう)処理(しょり)次第(しだい)困難(こんなん)になりつつあった。

Romanji

Jōkyō wa shori ga shidaini konnan ni nari tsutsu atta.

Words

状況 (じょうきょう)
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
処理 (しょり)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
次第に (しだいに)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
困難 (こんなん)
difficulty; distress
()
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
なる (なる)
that is in; who is called; that is called; that is
つつ (つつ)
while; even though; despite
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

Reading: ジョウ
Meanings: status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
Readings: キョウ、 まし.て、 いわ.んや、 おもむき
Meanings: condition, situation
Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -こ、 お.る
Meanings: dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ
Meanings: next, order, sequence
Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence
Readings: コン、 こま.る
Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed
Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い
Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect