我々は彼らの店は失敗だと思っていたが、今や窮地を脱して、商売を拡張するまでになっている。

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English Translation

We thought their shop was a failure, but now they've gotten out from under and even expanded.

Furigana

我々(われわれ)は彼(かれ)らの店(みせ)は失敗(しっぱい)だと思(おも)っていたが、今(いま)や窮地(きゅうち)を脱(だっ)して、商売(しょうばい)を拡張(かくちょう)するまでになっている。

Romanji

Wareware wa karera no mise wa shippai da to omotteita ga, imaya kyūchi o dasshite, shōbai o kakuchōsuru made ni natteiru.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

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

今や (いまや)

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

窮地 (きゅうち)

dilemma; predicament

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.

商売 (しょうばい)

trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation

拡張 (かくちょう)

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

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 ...