私達は地震によって契約の破棄を余儀なくされた。

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English Translation

We were forced to back out of a contract due to the earthquake.

Furigana

私達(わたしたち)は地震(じしん)によって契約(けいやく)の破棄(はき)を余儀(よぎ)なくされた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa jishin niyotte keiyaku no haki o yoginaku sareta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

地震 (じしん、ない、なえ、じぶるい)

earthquake

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

契約 (けいやく)

contract; compact; agreement

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

破棄 (はき)

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); revocation; annulment; breaking (e.g. treaty); reversing (e.g. an original judgment) (judgement); discard; cancellation; repeal

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.

余儀ない (よぎない)

unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control

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