私は彼を殴ってやろうという衝動をかろうじて抑えた。

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私 は 彼 を 殴ってやろう という 衝動 を かろうじて 抑えた 。

English Translation

I barely restrained the impulse to strike him.

Furigana

私(わたし)は彼(かれ)を殴(なぐ)ってやろうという衝動(しょうどう)をかろうじて抑(おさ)えた。

Romanji

Watashi wa kare o nagutteyarou toiu shōdō o karōjite osaeta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

を (を)

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.

殴る (なぐる)

to strike; to hit

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

衝動 (しょうどう)

impulse; impetus; urge

辛うじて (かろうじて)

barely; narrowly; just manage to do something

押さえる (おさえる)

to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest; to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress; to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

殴

Readings: オウ、 なぐ.る

Meanings: assault, hit, beat, thrash

衝

Readings: ショウ、 つ.く

Meanings: collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

抑

Readings: ヨク、 おさ.える

Meanings: repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of