キング牧師が献身的に力を尽くしたものすべてが水泡に帰したかのように思われた。

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きんぐ牧師が献身的に力を尽くしたものすべてが水泡に帰したかのように思われた。

English Translation

Everything Rev. Martin Luther King had worked so hard for seemed lost.

Furigana

キング牧師(ぼくし)が献身的(けんしんてき)に力(ちから)を尽(つ)くしたものすべてが水泡(すいほう)に帰(かえ)したかのように思(おも)われた。

Romanji

Kingu bokushi ga kenshinteki ni chikara o tsukushita mono subete ga suihō ni kaeshita ka no yōni omowareta.

Words

キング (キング)

king

牧師 (ぼくし)

pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend

が (が)

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

献身的 (けんしんてき)

devoted

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

力 (ちから)

force; strength; might; vigour (vigor); energy; capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty; efficacy; effect; effort; endeavours (endeavors); exertions; power; authority; influence; good offices; agency; support; help; aid; assistance; stress; emphasis; means; resources

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.

尽くす (つくす)

to exhaust; to run out; to devote; to serve (a person); to befriend; to do to exhaustion

者 (もの、もん)

person

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

水泡 (すいほう、みなわ)

foam; bubble; nothing

帰す (きす)

to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember