彼らは2度と祖国へ戻ることはなかった。
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English Translation
They were never to return to their country.
Furigana
Romanji
Karera wa ni do to sokoku e modoru koto wa nakatta.
Words
彼ら
(かれら)
they (usually male); them
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
二
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
度
(ど)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
祖国
(そこく)
motherland; fatherland; native country
へ
(へ)
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
戻る
(もどる)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back
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
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: ド、 ト、 タク、 たび、 -た.い
Meanings: degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Reading: ソ
Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る
Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards