彼女のけわしい顔つきは少年達に彼等が苦境にいることを物語っていた。

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English Translation

Her stern look told the boys that they were in trouble.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)のけわしい顔(かお)つきは少年達(しょうねんたち)に彼等(かれら)が苦境(くきょう)にいることを物語(ものがた)っていた。

Romanji

Kanojo no kewashii kaotsuki wa shōnentachi ni karera ga kukyō ni iru koto o monogatatteita.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

険しい (けわしい)

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep; grim; severe; stern

顔付き (かおつき)

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

は (は)

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

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

が (が)

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

苦境 (くきょう)

trouble; crisis; predicament; squeeze; pinch

要る (いる)

to need; to want

事 (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

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.

物語る (ものがたる)

to tell; to indicate