ローマ人は自分たちの帝国が滅びることを望まなかった。しかしそれは滅びてしまった。

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English Translation

Romans did not want their empire to decline; but it did.

Furigana

ローマ人(じん)は自分(じぶん)たちの帝国(ていこく)が滅(ほろ)びることを望(のぞ)まなかった。しかしそれは滅(ほろ)びてしまった。

Romanji

Ro-Majin wa jibuntachi no teikoku ga horobiru koto o nozomanakatta. shikashi sore wa horobiteshimatta.

Words

は (は)

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

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

帝国 (ていこく)

empire; imperial

が (が)

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

滅びる (ほろびる)

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

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.

望む (のぞむ)

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

然し (しかし)

however; but

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you