彼女はいつも幸福そうだったが、実際は決して幸せではなかった。

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English Translation

She always looked, but never was, happy.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)はいつも幸福(こうふく)そうだったが、実際(じっさい)は決(けっ)して幸(しあわ)せではなかった。

Romanji

Kanojo wa itsumo kōfukusō datta ga, jissai wa kesshite shiawase de wa nakatta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

決して (けっして、けして)

never; by no means; not in the least; in no way

幸せ (しあわせ、しやわせ)

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

女

Readings: ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ、おんな、め

Meanings: woman, female

幸

Readings: コウ、さいわ.い、さち、しあわ.せ

Meanings: happiness, blessing, fortune

福

Reading: フク

Meanings: blessing, fortune, luck, wealth

実

Readings: ジツ、シツ、み、みの.る、まこと、みの、みち.る

Meanings: reality, truth

際

Readings: サイ、きわ、 -ぎわ

Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when

決

Readings: ケツ、き.める、 -ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint