もう一羽の鶴さえ折ることができない、と心の中でつぶやいた。

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English Translation

"I can't even make a crane," she said to herself.

Furigana

もう一(いち)羽(わ)の鶴(つる)さえ折(お)ることができない、と心(こころ)の中(なか)でつぶやいた。

Romanji

Mō ichi wa no tsuru sae oru koto ga dekinai, to kokoro no naka de tsubuyaita.

Words

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

羽 (わ、ば、ぱ)

counter for birds and rabbits

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

鶴 (つる、たず、ツル)

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

さえ (さえ)

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

折る (おる)

to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers); to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt; to end

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

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

心 (こころ)

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

呟く (つぶやく)

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)