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お母さん、彼のことをじっくり考えたんだけど、どうしても結婚する気になれないの。

Sentence Analyzer

お母さん こと じっくり 考えた けど どうしても 結婚する なれない

English Translation

Mother, having thought about it carefully, I don't feel I should marry him.

Furigana

(かあ)さん、(かれ)のことをじっくり(かんが)えたんだけど、どうしても結婚(けっこん)する()になれないの。

Romanji

Okāsan, kare no koto o jikkuri kangaeta n da kedo, dōshitemo kekkonsuru ki ni narenai no.

Words

お母さん (おかあさん)
mother
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
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
(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
()
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.
じっくり (じっくり)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
考える (かんがえる)
to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
如何しても (どうしても)
by all means; at any cost; no matter what; after all; in the long run; cravingly; at any rate; surely
結婚 (けっこん)
marriage
()
spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence
()
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
慣れる (なれる)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

Kanji

Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over
Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Reading: コン
Meaning: marriage
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood