不幸はあまりにもひどく、読者は涙を抑えることが出来なかった。

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English Translation

The misery was too much for the readers to keep back their tears.

Furigana

不幸(ふこう)はあまりにもひどく、読者(どくしゃ)は涙(なみだ)を抑(おさ)えることが出来(でき)なかった。

Romanji

Fukō wa amarini mo hidoku, dokusha wa namida o osaeru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

不幸 (ふこう)

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death

は (は)

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

余りに (あまりに)

too much; excessively; too

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

読者 (どくしゃ)

reader

涙 (なみだ、なだ、なんだ)

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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.

押さえる (おさえる)

to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest; to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress; to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand

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