残念ながら、冗談ではないんです。

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残念 ながら 冗談 ない です

English Translation

I'm afraid not.

Furigana

残念(ざんねん)ながら、冗談(じょうだん)ではないんです。

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、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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ザン、 サン、 のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り
Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance
Reading: ネン
Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Reading: ジョウ
Meanings: superfluous, uselessness
Reading: ダン
Meanings: discuss, talk