この写真を見ると必ず亡くなった母のことを思い出す。

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English Translation

I never see this picture without thinking of my dead mother.

Furigana

この写真(しゃしん)を見(み)ると必(かなら)ず亡(な)くなった母(はは)のことを思(おも)い出(だ)す。

Romanji

Kono shashin o miru to kanarazu nakunatta haha no koto o omoidasu.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

必ず (かならず)

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably

亡くなる (なくなる)

to die

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

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

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

思い出す (おもいだす)

to recall; to remember; to recollect