事故のニュースは残念な事に本当であった。

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English Translation

The news of the accident was only too true.

Furigana

事故(じこ)のニュースは残念(ざんねん)な事(こと)に本当(ほんとう)であった。

Romanji

Jiko no nyu-su wa zannenna koto ni hontō de atta.

Words

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

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

ニュース (ニュース、ニューズ)

news

は (は)

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

残念 (ざんねん)

deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment

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

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

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...