彼は兵士として中国に渡ったが、二度とかえってこなかった。

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English Translation

He went to China as a soldier, never to come back.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は兵士(へいし)として中国(ちゅうごく)に渡(わた)ったが、二度(にど)とかえってこなかった。

Romanji

Kare wa heishi toshite Chūgoku ni watatta ga, nidoto kaette konakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

兵士 (へいし)

soldier

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

中国 (ちゅうごく)

China; Chugoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures); central part of a country; main region

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

渡る (わたる)

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

が (が)

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

二度と (にどと)

never again (with negative verb)

却って (かえって)

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

抉る (えぐる、くる)

to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light