ひどい傷を負った象は、興奮し、通る道で出会った生き物という生き物を襲った。

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English Translation

A critically wounded elephant went berserk and attacked every living thing in his path.

Furigana

ひどい傷(きず)を負(お)った象(ぞう)は、興奮(こうふん)し、通(とお)る道(みち)で出会(であ)った生(い)き物(もの)という生(い)き物(もの)を襲(おそ)った。

Romanji

Hidoi kizu o otta zō wa, kōfunshi, tōru michi de deatta ikimono toiu ikimono o osotta.

Words

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

傷 (きず、キズ)

wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar; chip; crack; scratch; nick; flaw; defect; weakness; weak point; stain (on one's reputation); disgrace; dishonor; dishonour; (emotional) hurt; hurt feelings

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.

負う (おう)

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to be injured; to owe

象 (ぞう)

elephant

は (は)

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

興奮 (こうふん)

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

通る (とおる)

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); to be well-informed; to be wise; to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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.

出会う (であう)

to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

生き物 (いきもの)

living thing; animal

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

襲う (おそう)

to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit