彼らが来なかったとはありがたいことだ。
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English Translation
What a blessing it is that they did not come.
Furigana
Romanji
Karera ga konakatta to wa arigatai koto da.
Words
彼ら
(かれら)
they (usually male); them
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
来る
(くる)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
有難い
(ありがたい)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
事
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative