彼女は父親の時計を壊したことを告白できなかった。

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English Translation

She couldn't make the admission that she had broken her father's watch.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は父親(ちちおや)の時計(とけい)を壊(こわ)したことを告白(こくはく)できなかった。

Romanji

Kanojo wa chichioya no tokei o kowashita koto o kokuhaku dekinakatta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

父親 (ちちおや)

father

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

時計 (とけい、ときはかり)

watch; clock; timepiece

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.

壊す (こわす)

to break; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage; to break (a bill, etc.)

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

告白 (こくはく)

confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; profession of love; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant