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彼女は亡くなった夫のことを話すのが常です。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女 亡くなった こと 話す です

English Translation

She usually talks about her late husband.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)()くなった(おっと)のことを(はな)すのが(つね)です。

Romanji

Kanojo wa nakunatta otto no koto o hanasu no ga tsune desu.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
亡くなる (なくなる)
to die
(おっと)
husband
()
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
(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
()
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.
話す (はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(つね)
usual state of things
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 な.い、 な.き-、 ほろ.びる、 ほろ.ぶ、 ほろ.ぼす
Meanings: deceased, the late, dying, perish
Readings: フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings: husband, man
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-
Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular