悲しいことに、彼女の息子は若死にした。

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悲しい こと に 、 彼女 の 息子 は 若死にした 。

English Translation

Sad to say, her son died young.

Furigana

悲(かな)しいことに、彼女(かのじょ)の息子(むすこ)は若死(わかじ)にした。

Romanji

Kanashii koto ni, kanojo no musuko wa wakajinishita.

Words

悲しい (かなしい)

sad; sorrowful

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

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

は (は)

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

若死に (わかじに)

premature death

Kanji

悲

Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ

Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

女

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め

Meanings: woman, female

息

Readings: ソク、 いき

Meanings: breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)

子

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね

Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

若

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し

Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

死

Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-

Meanings: death, die