養鶏業は遅かれ早かれ破産するだろうという旨の手紙を彼は私によこした。

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English Translation

He sent me a letter to the effect that his poultry farm would go bankrupt sooner or later.

Furigana

養鶏業(ようけいぎょう)は遅(おそ)かれ早(はや)かれ破産(はさん)するだろうという旨(むね)の手紙(てがみ)を彼(かれ)は私(わたし)によこした。

Romanji

Yōkeigyō wa osokare hayakare hasansuru darou toiu mune no tegami o kare wa watashi ni yokoshita.

Words

養鶏業 (ようけいぎょう)

the poultry industry; poultry farming

は (は)

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

遅い (おそい)

slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

破産 (はさん)

bankruptcy; insolvency

だ (だ)

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

旨 (むね)

center (centre); pillar; principle; purport; gist; drift; meaning

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

手紙 (てがみ)

letter

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

寄越す (よこす)

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)