あの悲劇は私の心に刻みこまれた。

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あの 悲劇 は 私 の 心 に 刻み こまれた 。

English Translation

That tragedy was etched in my mind.

Furigana

あの悲劇(ひげき)は私(わたし)の心(こころ)に刻(きざ)みこまれた。

Romanji

Ano higeki wa watashi no kokoro ni kizami komareta.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

悲劇 (ひげき)

tragedy; disaster

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

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

心 (こころ)

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

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

刻む (きざむ)

to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred; to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch; to tick away (time); to record the passing moments; to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly; to have tattooed; to torment

込む (こむ)

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to remain (seated); to be plunged into (silence); to do thoroughly; to do intently; to continue in the same state

Kanji

悲

Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ

Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret

劇

Reading: ゲキ

Meanings: drama, play

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

刻

Readings: コク、 きざ.む、 きざ.み

Meanings: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving