時がたつにつれて、悲しみは薄らぐ。

時がたつにつれて、悲しみは薄らぐ。

As time goes on, grief fades away.

時(とき)がたつにつれて、悲(かな)しみは薄(うす)らぐ。

Toki ga tatsu nitsurete, kanashimi wa usuragu.

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.)

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

薄らぐ (うすらぐ)

to become thin; to fade; to grow pale

Readings: ジ、とき、 -どき

Meanings: time, hour

Readings: ヒ、かな.しい、かな.しむ

Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret

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