国の保険業務は、十分には程遠かった。

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国の保険業務は、十分には程遠かった。

English Translation

The national health service was far from adequate.

Furigana

国(くに)の保険(ほけん)業務(ぎょうむ)は、十分(じゅうぶん)には程遠(ほどとお)かった。

Romanji

Kuni no hoken gyōmu wa, jūbun ni wa hodotōkatta.

Words

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

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

保険 (ほけん)

insurance; guarantee

業務 (ぎょうむ)

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task; action; function; (business) operations; operational

は (は)

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

十分 (じゅうぶん)

plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate; division into ten; perfectly; thoroughly; fully; in full

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

程遠い (ほどとおい)

far away; far off