時間がたつにつれて我々の希望は消えた。

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時間 が たつ につれて 我々 の 希望 は 消えた 。

English Translation

As time went on, our hopes sank.

Furigana

時間(じかん)がたつにつれて我々(われわれ)の希望(きぼう)は消(き)えた。

Romanji

Jikan ga tatsu nitsurete wareware no kibō wa kieta.

Words

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

が (が)

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

起つ (たつ)

to rise up; to initiate (political) action

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

我々 (われわれ)

we

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

希望 (きぼう)

hope; wish; aspiration

は (は)

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

消える (きえる)

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

Kanji

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

我

Readings: ガ、 われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-

Meanings: ego, I, selfish, our, oneself

希

Readings: キ、 ケ、 まれ

Meanings: hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

望

Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 のぞ.む、 もち

Meanings: ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect

消

Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す

Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel