冗談はさておいて、事態はどうなっていますか。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
Joking aside, how are things going?
Furigana
Romanji
Jōdan wa sateoite, jitai wa dō natteimasu ka.
Words
冗談
(じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)
jest; joke; funny story
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
さて置く
(さておく)
to set aside
事態
(じたい)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
如何
(どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
成る
(なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
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