彼は懲役十年で、女房には三年の刑が下った。

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English Translation

He was given ten years and his wife three.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は懲役(ちょうえき)十(じゅう)年(ねん)で、女房(にょうぼう)には三(さん)年(ねん)の刑(けい)が下(くだ)った。

Romanji

Kare wa chōeki jū nen de, nyōbō ni wa san nen no kei ga kudatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

懲役 (ちょうえき)

penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

十 (じゅう、とお、と)

ten

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

女房 (にょうぼう、にょうぼ、にゅうぼう)

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)

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

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

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

刑 (けい)

penalty; sentence; punishment

が (が)

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

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea