目(もく)的(てき) mokutekiを o果(は)た()す() hatasuの noは waきつ kitsuそう souだった datta。 Fulfilling the objective seemed tough. Literal Goal [obj-を] fulfill [nom-の] [topic-は] tough-seemed. 果たす ('fulfill, carry out') is a slightly formal native Japanese verb. ~のは nominalizes the clause as topic. ~そうだった is past tense of ~そうだ (appearance-based inference) — 'seemed like it would be tough.' dreamsambition~そう (looks like)~のは (nominalized topic)
目(もく)的(てき) mokutekiを o果(は)た()す() hatasuの noは waきつ kitsuそう souだった datta。 Fulfilling the objective seemed tough. Literal Goal [obj-を] fulfill [nom-の] [topic-は] tough-seemed. 果たす ('fulfill, carry out') is a slightly formal native Japanese verb. ~のは nominalizes the clause as topic. ~そうだった is past tense of ~そうだ (appearance-based inference) — 'seemed like it would be tough.' dreamsambition~そう (looks like)~のは (nominalized topic)