無理が彼の体にこたえ始めた。

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無理 が 彼 の 体 に こたえ始めた 。

English Translation

The strain is beginning to tell on him.

Furigana

無理(むり)が彼(かれ)の体(からだ)にこたえ始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Muri ga kare no karada ni kotaehajimeta.

Words

無理 (むり)

unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable; impossible; forcible; forced; compulsory; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate; to work too hard; to try too hard; irrational

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

応える (こたえる)

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain

Kanji

無

Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い

Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

始

Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin