困ったことに、彼らは自分たちのことしか考えません。

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困った こと に 、 彼ら は 自分たち の こと しか 考えません 。

English Translation

The trouble is that they only think of themselves.

Furigana

困(こま)ったことに、彼(かれ)らは自分(じぶん)たちのことしか考(かんが)えません。

Romanji

Komatta koto ni, karera wa jibuntachi no koto shika kangaemasen.

Words

困る (こまる)

to be troubled; to be worried; to be bothered; to be embarrassed; to be stumped

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

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

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

Kanji

困

Readings: コン、 こま.る

Meanings: quandary, become distressed, annoyed

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

自

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

考

Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え

Meanings: consider, think over