苦肉の策で企画したんですが、その本はよく売れました。

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English Translation

We arrived at that plan out of pure desperation, but the book sold well.

Furigana

苦肉(くにく)の策(さく)で企画(きかく)したんですが、その本(ほん)はよく売(う)れました。

Romanji

Kunikunosaku de kikakushita n desu ga, sono hon wa yoku uremashita.

Words

苦肉の策 (くにくのさく)

last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity

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.

企画 (きかく)

planning; project; plan; design

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

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

は (は)

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

売れる (うれる)

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous