記者はひどく狼狽していたので善悪の区別ができなかった。

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English Translation

The journalist was too upset to distinguish vice from virtue.

Furigana

記者(きしゃ)はひどく狼狽(ろうばい)していたので善悪(ぜんあく)の区別(くべつ)ができなかった。

Romanji

Kisha wa hidoku rōbaishiteita node zen'aku no kubetsu ga dekinakatta.

Words

記者 (きしゃ)

reporter

は (は)

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

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

狼狽 (ろうばい)

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

善悪 (ぜんあく)

good and evil

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

区別 (くべつ)

distinction; differentiation; classification

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant