最近思いもよらない事件が多いね。事実は小説より奇なり、とはよく言ったもんだよ。

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English Translation

You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.

Furigana

最近(さいきん)思(おも)いもよらない事件(じけん)が多(おお)いね。事実(じじつ)は小説(しょうせつ)より奇(き)なり、とはよく言(い)ったもんだよ。

Romanji

Saikin omoi mo yoranai jiken ga ōi ne. jijitsu wa shōsetsu yori ki nari, to wa yoku itta mon da yo.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

思い (おもい)

thought; imagination; mind; heart; desire; wish; hope; expectation; love; affection; feelings; emotion; sentiment; experience

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

が (が)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

は (は)

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