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生まれてはじめて良心の呵責を感じましたが、そうする以外にその場をしのぐ方法はありませんでした。

Sentence Analyzer

生まれて はじめて 良心 呵責 感じました そう する 以外に その しのぐ 方法 ありません でした

English Translation

For the first time in my life, I felt a pang of conscience, but there was no other way out.

Furigana

()まれてはじめて良心(りょうしん)呵責(かしゃく)(かん)じましたが、そうする以外(いがい)にその()をしのぐ方法(ほうほう)はありませんでした。

Romanji

Umarete hajimete ryōshin no kashaku o kanjimashita ga, sō suru igaini sono ba o shinogu hōhō wa arimasen deshita.

Words

生まれる (うまれる)
to be born
初めて (はじめて)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...
良心 (りょうしん)
conscience
()
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
呵責 (かしゃく)
blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
感じる (かんじる)
to feel; to sense; to experience
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
()
place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)
凌ぐ (しのぐ)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation); to pull through; to get over; to survive; to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight
方法 (ほうほう)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

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: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い
Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: カ、 か.す、 しか.る、 わら.う
Meanings: scold, blow on, reprove
Readings: セキ、 せ.める
Meanings: blame, condemn, censure
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation
Readings: イ、 もっ.て
Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system