事の真相が少しずつわかってきた。

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事 の 真相 が 少し ずつ わかってきた 。

English Translation

The truth of the matter gradually dawned on me.

Furigana

事(こと)の真相(しんそう)が少(すこ)しずつわかってきた。

Romanji

Koto no shinsō ga sukoshi zutsu wakattekita.

Words

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

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

真相 (しんそう)

truth; real situation

が (が)

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

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

ずつ (ずつ、づつ)

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Kanji

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

真

Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと

Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect

相

Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-

Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little