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彼の生活は言い表すことのできないほど悲惨なものだった。

Sentence Analyzer

生活 言い表す こと できない ほど 悲惨な もの だった

English Translation

His life was miserable beyond description.

Furigana

(かれ)生活(せいかつ)(いあらわ)()すことのできないほど悲惨(ひさん)なものだった。

Romanji

Kare no seikatsu wa iiarawasu koto no dekinai hodo hisanna mono datta.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
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
生活 (せいかつ)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
言い表す (いいあらわす)
to express (in words); to confess
(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
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
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
悲惨 (ひさん)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ヒョウ、 おもて、 -おもて、 あらわ.す、 あらわ.れる、 あら.わす
Meanings: surface, table, chart, diagram
Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ
Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Readings: サン、 ザン、 みじ.め、 いた.む、 むご.い
Meanings: wretched, disaster, cruelty, harsh