私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。

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私たちは書類事務の泥沼に陥っていた。

English Translation

We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは書類(しょるい)事務(じむ)の泥沼(どろぬま)に陥(おちい)っていた。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa shorui jimu no doronuma ni ochiitteita.

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

書類 (しょるい)

documents; official papers

事務 (じむ)

business; office work

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

泥沼 (どろぬま、ドロぬま、でいしょう)

bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

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

陥る (おちいる)

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender; to capitulate