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彼女はいつも幸せそうに見えたが、実際には幸せなことは一度もなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女 いつも 幸せそう 見えた 実際 幸せな こと なかった

English Translation

She always looked happy, but in fact she'd never once had anything to be happy about.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)はいつも(しあわ)せそうに()えたが、実際(じっさい)には(しあわ)せなことは(いち)()もなかった。

Romanji

Kanojo wa itsumo shiawasesō ni mieta ga, jissai ni wa shiawasena koto wa ichi do mo nakatta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何時も (いつも)
always; usually; every time; never
()
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
見える (まみえる)
to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
()
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)
幸せ (しあわせ、しやわせ)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
(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
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
()
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
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

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: コウ、 さいわ.い、 さち、 しあわ.せ
Meanings: happiness, blessing, fortune
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: サイ、 きわ、 -ぎわ
Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude