オリンピックへの夢が彼を支えていた。

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オリンピック へ の 夢 が 彼 を 支えていた 。

English Translation

The vision of the Olympics had kept him going.

Furigana

オリンピックへの夢(ゆめ)が彼(かれ)を支(ささ)えていた。

Romanji

Orinpikku e no yume ga kare o sasaeteita.

Words

オリンピック (オリンピック)

Olympics

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

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

夢 (ゆめ)

dream

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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.

支える (ささえる)

to support; to prop; to sustain; to underlay; to hold up; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

Kanji

夢

Readings: ム、 ボウ、 ゆめ、 ゆめ.みる、 くら.い

Meanings: dream, vision, illusion

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

支

Readings: シ、 ささ.える、 つか.える、 か.う

Meanings: branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)