病気の子どもの痛ましい泣き声を聞くのは我々には耐えられなかった。

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English Translation

We could not bear to listen to the sick child's pathetic cries.

Furigana

病気(びょうき)の子(こ)どもの痛(いた)ましい泣(な)き声(ごえ)を聞(き)くのは我々(われわれ)には耐(た)えられなかった。

Romanji

Byōki no kodomo no itamashii nakigoe o kiku no wa wareware ni wa taerarenakatta.

Words

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

痛ましい (いたましい)

pitiful; heartbreaking; tragical

泣き声 (なきごえ)

cry; crying voice

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

は (は)

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

我々 (われわれ)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

耐える (たえる、こらえる、こたえる)

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with; to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave; to be fit for; to be equal to