妹は要領が悪くて損ばかりしている。

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妹 は 要領 が 悪くて 損 ばかり している 。

English Translation

My sister is clumsy, which is a disadvantage to her.

Furigana

妹(いもうと)は要領(ようりょう)が悪(わる)くて損(そん)ばかりしている。

Romanji

Imōto wa yōryō ga warukute son bakari shiteiru.

Words

妹 (いもうと)

younger sister

は (は)

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

要領 (ようりょう)

point; gist; essentials; tenets; outline; knack; trick; the ropes

が (が)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

損 (そん)

loss; disadvantage

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

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

Kanji

妹

Readings: マイ、 いもうと

Meaning: younger sister

要

Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

領

Readings: リョウ、 えり

Meanings: jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign

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

損

Readings: ソン、 そこ.なう、 そこな.う、 -そこ.なう、 そこ.ねる、 -そこ.ねる

Meanings: damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure