事態はよくなると期待したが、しかし実際のところはますます悪化している。

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English Translation

I hoped things would get better, but as it is, they are getting worse.

Furigana

事態(じたい)はよくなると期待(きたい)したが、しかし実際(じっさい)のところはますます悪化(あっか)している。

Romanji

Jitai wa yoku naru to kitaishita ga, shikashi jissai no tokoro wa masumasu akkashiteiru.

Words

事態 (じたい)

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

は (は)

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

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 ...

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

期待 (きたい)

expectation; anticipation; hope

が (が)

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

然し (しかし)

however; but

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

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

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