彼はどちらの道へ進むか決心できなかった。

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彼 は どちら の 道 へ 進む か 決心 できなかった 。

English Translation

He couldn't make up his mind which course to follow.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はどちらの道(みち)へ進(すす)むか決心(けっしん)できなかった。

Romanji

Kare wa dochira no michi e susumu ka kesshin dekinakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)

which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

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

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

へ (へ)

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

進む (すすむ)

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen; to heighten; to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead; to do of one's own free will

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

決心 (けっしん)

determination; resolution

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

進

Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める

Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote

決

Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)