そのような罰を彼に与える必要があったのか。

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その ような 罰 を 彼 に 与える 必要 が あった の か 。

English Translation

Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?

Furigana

そのような罰(ばっ)を彼(かれ)に与(あた)える必要(ひつよう)があったのか。

Romanji

Sono yōna ba o kare ni ataeru hitsuyō ga atta no ka.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

罰 (ばち)

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

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.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

罰

Readings: バツ、 バチ、 ハツ、 ばっ.する

Meanings: penalty, punishment

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

与

Readings: ヨ、 あた.える、 あずか.る、 くみ.する、 ともに

Meanings: bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend

必

Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず

Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable

要

Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to