父は母のことを優しく抱きしめた。

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父は母のことを優しく抱きしめた。

English Translation

Father embraced Mother lovingly.

Furigana

父(ちち)は母(はは)のことを優(やさ)しく抱(だ)きしめた。

Romanji

Chichi wa haha no koto o yasashiku dakishimeta.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

優しい (やさしい)

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

抱きしめる (だきしめる)

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely