将軍は結局のところ敗北を認めたが、予想だにしなかったことである。

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English Translation

The general had 20/20 hindsight about the defeat, but no foresight at all.

Furigana

将軍(しょうぐん)は結局(けっきょく)のところ敗北(はいぼく)を認(みと)めたが、予想(よそう)だにしなかったことである。

Romanji

Shōgun wa kekkyoku no tokoro haiboku o mitometa ga, yosō da ni shinakatta koto de aru.

Words

将軍 (しょうぐん)

general; shogun

は (は)

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

結局 (けっきょく)

after all; eventually; in the end

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

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

敗北 (はいぼく)

defeat; to be defeated

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

認める (したためる)

to write up

が (が)

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

予想 (よそう)

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

だ (だ)

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

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...