この金時計は私にとって非常に大切なものだ。母が晩年に形見として私にくれたものだから。

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English Translation

This gold watch is the apple of my eye. Mother gave it to me as a keep-sake in her later years.

Furigana

この金(きん)時計(とけい)は私(わたし)にとって非常(ひじょう)に大切(たいせつ)なものだ。母(はは)が晩年(ばんねん)に形見(かたみ)として私(わたし)にくれたものだから。

Romanji

Kono kin tokei wa watashi nitotte hijō ni taisetsuna mono da. haha ga bannen ni katami toshite watashi ni kureta mono da kara.

Words

此の (この)

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

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

時計 (とけい、ときはかり)

watch; clock; timepiece

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

非常 (ひじょう)

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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

大切 (たいせつ、たいせち)

important; necessary; indispensable; beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable; careful

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

が (が)

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

晩年 (ばんねん)

(one's) last years

形見 (かたみ)

memento; souvenir

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

呉れる (くれる)

to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since