こずえさんは生まれて以来絶望に屈することはなかった。

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English Translation

Kozue has never given way to despair in her life.

Furigana

こずえさんは生(う)まれて以来(いらい)絶望(ぜつぼう)に屈(くっ)することはなかった。

Romanji

Kozue san wa umarete irai zetsubō ni kussuru koto wa nakatta.

Words

梢 (こずえ)

treetop; tip of a branch

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

は (は)

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

生まれる (うまれる)

to be born

以来 (いらい)

since; henceforth

絶望 (ぜつぼう)

despair; hopelessness

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

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...