私は長い間臥薪嘗胆の苦しみをなめた。

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私は長い間臥薪嘗胆の苦しみをなめた。

English Translation

I have struggled under extreme difficulties for a long time.

Furigana

私(わたし)は長(なが)い間(ま)臥薪嘗胆(がしんしょうたん)の苦(くる)しみをなめた。

Romanji

Watashi wa nagai ma gashinshōtan no kurushimi o nameta.

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

臥薪嘗胆 (がしんしょうたん)

going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance

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

苦しみ (くるしみ)

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

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.

滑る (ぬめる、なめる)

to be slippery; to be slimy; to behave charmingly; to walk merrily