時がたつにつれ彼女の悲しみは薄れていった。

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時 が たつ につれ 彼女 の 悲しみ は 薄れていった 。

English Translation

She felt less sad as time passed.

Furigana

時(とき)がたつにつれ彼女(かのじょ)の悲(かな)しみは薄(うす)れていった。

Romanji

Toki ga tatsu nitsure kanojo no kanashimi wa usureteitta.

Words

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

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 (につれ)

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

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

悲しみ (かなしみ)

sadness; sorrow; grief; affection; love

は (は)

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

薄れる (うすれる)

to fade; to become dim

Kanji

時

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

女

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め

Meanings: woman, female

悲

Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ

Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret

薄

Readings: ハク、 うす.い、 うす-、 -うす、 うす.める、 うす.まる、 うす.らぐ、 うす.ら-、 うす.れる、 すすき

Meanings: dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass