彼は娘が死んだ事を聞いたとたん、泣き崩れた。

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English Translation

He broke down completely on hearing of his daughter's death.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は娘(むすめ)が死(し)んだ事(こと)を聞(き)いたとたん、泣(な)き崩(くず)れた。

Romanji

Kare wa musume ga shinda koto o kiita totan, nakikuzureta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

娘 (むすめ)

(my) daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

が (が)

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

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

塗炭 (とたん)

misery; distress

泣き崩れる (なきくずれる)

to break down crying