ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。

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ぼくが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。

English Translation

What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.

Furigana

ボクが憧(あこが)れたのは翔太(しょうた)部長(ぶちょう)の『力(ちから)』じゃない。体(からだ)を張(は)ってでも信念(しんねん)を貫(つらぬ)こうとする雄々(おお)しい勇気(ゆうき)だったはず。

Romanji

Boku ga akogareta no wa Shōta buchō no chikara janai. karada o hatte demo shinnen o tsuranukou to suru ooshii yūki datta hazu.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

が (が)

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

憧れる (あこがれる)

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

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

は (は)

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

部長 (ぶちょう)

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

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

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

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.

張る (はる)

to stick; to paste; to affix; to link (e.g. in WWW forums); to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent); to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell; to stick out; to put; to slap; to be expensive; to become one tile away from completion

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

信念 (しんねん)

belief; faith; conviction

貫く (つらぬく)

to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to carry out; to persist; to keep (faith); to stick to (principles); to maintain (independence)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

雄々しい (おおしい)

manly; brave; heroic

勇気 (ゆうき)

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

筈 (はず)

expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out