洋服店を開こうというトムの努力は水の泡になった。

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洋服店を開こうというとむの努力は水の泡になった。

English Translation

Tom's efforts to open a clothing store went up in smoke.

Furigana

洋服店(ようふくてん)を開(ひら)こうというトムの努力(どりょく)は水(みず)の泡(あわ)になった。

Romanji

Yōfukuten o hirakou toiu Tomu no doryoku wa mizunoawa ni natta.

Words

洋服店 (ようふくてん)

clothier; Western clothes' shop

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.

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

富む (とむ)

to be rich; to become rich; to be abundant (with); to abound (with); to be rich (in)

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

努力 (どりょく)

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort

は (は)

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

水の泡 (みずのあわ)

coming to nothing

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...