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たとえ太陽が西から昇ろうとも、私は決心を変えません。

Sentence Analyzer

たとえ 太陽 西 から 昇ろう とも 決心 変えません

English Translation

Even if the sun were to rise in the west, I would not change my mind.

Furigana

たとえ太陽(たいよう)西(にし)から(のぼ)ろうとも、(わたし)決心(けっしん)()えません。

Romanji

Tatoe taiyō ga nishi kara noborou tomo, watashi wa kesshin o kaemasen.

Words

仮令 (たとえ、たとい)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever
太陽 (たいよう)
sun; solar
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
西 (にし)
west
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
上る (のぼる)
to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)
とも (とも)
certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.); also (called); emphatic particle
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
決心 (けっしん)
determination; resolution
()
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.
変える (かえる)
to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary; to reform; to revise; to amend

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 タ、 ふと.い、 ふと.る
Meanings: plump, thick, big around
Readings: ヨウ、 ひ
Meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
西
Readings: セイ、 サイ、 ス、 にし
Meanings: west, Spain
Readings: ショウ、 のぼ.る
Meaning: rise up
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange