首相がスキャンダルの隠蔽工作を図った結果、新聞が事件をつきとめたときには、事態をますます悪化させてしまった。

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English Translation

The Prime Minister tried to cover up the scandal, but that just made it worse when the newspapers discovered the truth.

Furigana

首相(しゅしょう)がスキャンダルの隠蔽(いんぺい)工作(こうさく)を図(はか)った結果(けっか)、新聞(しんぶん)が事件(じけん)をつきとめたときには、事態(じたい)をますます悪化(あっか)させてしまった。

Romanji

Shushō ga sukyandaru no inpei kōsaku o hakatta kekka, shinbun ga jiken o tsukitometa tokini wa, jitai o masumasu akkasaseteshimatta.

Words

首相 (しゅしょう)

Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier

が (が)

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

スキャンダル (スキャンダル)

scandal

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

隠蔽 (いんぺい)

concealment; suppression; hiding

工作 (こうさく)

handicraft; work; construction; manufacturing; maneuvering; manoeuvering

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.

図る (はかる)

to plot; to attempt; to plan; to devise; to design; to take in; to deceive; to aim for; to have something in mind; to refer A to B

結果 (けっか)

result; consequence; outcome; effect; coming to fruition; bearing fruit

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

突き止める (つきとめる)

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to make sure; to locate; to identify; to find out; to ascertain

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

は (は)

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

事態 (じたい)

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

悪化 (あっか)

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

Kanji

首

Readings: シュ、くび

Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems

相

Readings: ソウ、ショウ、あい-

Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy

隠

Readings: イン、オン、かく.す、かく.し、かく.れる、かか.す、よ.る

Meanings: conceal, hide, cover

蔽

Readings: ヘイ、ヘツ、フツ、おお.う、おお.い

Meanings: cover, shade, mantle, capsize, be ruined

工

Readings: コウ、ク、グ

Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

作

Readings: サク、サ、つく.る、つく.り、 -づく.り

Meanings: make, production, prepare, build

図

Readings: ズ、ト、え、はか.る

Meanings: map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious

結

Readings: ケツ、ケチ、むす.ぶ、ゆ.う、ゆ.わえる

Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten

果

Readings: カ、は.たす、はた.す、 -は.たす、は.てる、 -は.てる、は.て

Meanings: fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed

新

Readings: シン、あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい-

Meaning: new

聞

Readings: ブン、モン、き.く、き.こえる

Meanings: hear, ask, listen

事

Readings: ジ、ズ、こと、つか.う、つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

件

Readings: ケン、くだん

Meanings: affair, case, matter, item

態

Readings: タイ、わざ.と

Meanings: attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)

悪

Readings: アク、オ、わる.い、わる-、あ.し、にく.い、 -にく.い、ああ、いずくに、いずくんぞ、にく.む

Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong

化

Readings: カ、ケ、ば.ける、ば.かす、ふ.ける、け.する

Meanings: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization