だめだろうと思っていたが果たして失敗だった。

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だめ だろう と 思っていた が 果たして 失敗 だった 。

English Translation

I was afraid it would not work out well and sure enough it failed.

Furigana

だめだろうと思(おも)っていたが果(は)たして失敗(しっぱい)だった。

Romanji

Dame darou to omotteita ga hatashite shippai datta.

Words

駄目 (だめ、ダメ)

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

が (が)

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

果たして (はたして)

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; as a result; really? (in questions); ever?

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

Kanji

思

Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す

Meaning: think

果

Readings: カ、 は.たす、 はた.す、 -は.たす、 は.てる、 -は.てる、 は.て

Meanings: fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss

敗

Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる

Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal