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Zach

私の成功はもっぱら幸運の賜物だ。

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成功 もっぱら 幸運 賜物

English Translation

My success was largely due to luck.

Furigana

(わたし)成功(せいこう)はもっぱら幸運(こううん)賜物(たまもの)だ。

Romanji

Watashi no seikō wa moppara kōun no tamamono da.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
成功 (せいこう)
success; hit
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
専ら (もっぱら、もはら)
wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly; principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly
幸運 (こううん)
good luck; fortune
賜物 (たまもの)
gift; boon; result; fruit
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Readings: コウ、 ク、 いさお
Meanings: achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
Readings: コウ、 さいわ.い、 さち、 しあわ.せ
Meanings: happiness, blessing, fortune
Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ
Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
Readings: シ、 たまわ.る、 たま.う、 たも.う
Meanings: grant, gift, boon, results
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter