長いことかかってようやく僕は、彼女の本当の愛に気付いた。

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English Translation

It was long before I realized her real love.

Furigana

長(なが)いことかかってようやく僕(ぼく)は、彼女(かのじょ)の本当(ほんとう)の愛(あい)に気付(きづ)いた。

Romanji

Nagai koto kakatte yōyaku boku wa, kanojo no hontō no ai ni kizuita.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

事 (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

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from

漸く (ようやく)

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; hardly; only just; gradually; little by little; by degrees

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

愛 (あい)

love; affection; care; attachment; craving; desire

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

気付く (きづく)

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise