残念ながら、冗談ではないんです。
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English Translation
I'm afraid not.
Furigana
Romanji
Zannen nagara, jōdan de wa nai n desu.
Words
残念
(ざんねん)
deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment
乍ら
(ながら)
while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")
冗談
(じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)
jest; joke; funny story
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない
(ない)
not; emphatic suffix
ん
(ん)
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
です
(です)
be; is