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4年ほど前にアキレス腱が痛くなりアキレス腱炎といわれました。

Sentence Analyzer

ほど あきれす腱 痛く なり あきれす腱炎 いわれました

English Translation

About four years ago my Achilles tendon started to hurt and I was told it was Achilles tendonitis.

Furigana

(ねん)ほど(まえ)にアキレス(けん)(いた)くなりアキレス腱炎(けんえん)といわれました。

Romanji

Yon nen hodo mae ni akiresuken ga itaku nari akiresuken'en to iwaremashita.

Words

(し、よん、よ)
four
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
()
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
アキレス腱 (アキレスけん)
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
痛い (いたい)
painful; sore; exceeding
なる (なる)
that is in; who is called; that is called; that is
アキレス腱炎 (アキレスけんえん)
achilles tendonitis; achilles tendinitis
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
結う (ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

Kanji

Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ケン、 キン
Meaning: tendon
Readings: ツウ、 いた.い、 いた.む、 いた.ましい、 いた.める
Meanings: pain, hurt, damage, bruise
Readings: エン、 ほのお
Meanings: inflammation, flame, blaze