彼は外国へ行ったが、戻ってこなかった。

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彼は外国へ行ったが、戻ってこなかった。

English Translation

He went abroad, never to return.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は外国(がいこく)へ行(い)ったが、戻(もど)ってこなかった。

Romanji

Kare wa gaikoku e itta ga, modottekonakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

が (が)

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

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