顧客からの苦情が増えるのは業績悪化の始まりかもしれない。

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English Translation

An increase in customer complaints could signal a decline in business.

Furigana

顧客(こきゃく)からの苦情(くじょう)が増(ふ)えるのは業績(ぎょうせき)悪化(あっか)の始(はじ)まりかもしれない。

Romanji

Kokyaku kara no kujō ga fueru no wa gyōseki akka no hajimari kamo shirenai.

Words

顧客 (こきゃく、こかく)

customer; client; patron

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

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

苦情 (くじょう)

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

増える (ふえる)

to increase; to multiply

は (は)

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

業績 (ぎょうせき)

achievement; performance; results; work; contribution

悪化 (あっか)

(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

始まり (はじまり)

origin; beginning

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe