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私は遺言のことで弁護士と相談した。

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遺言 こと 弁護士 相談した

English Translation

I had a consultation with a lawyer about my will.

Furigana

(わたし)遺言(ゆいごん)のことで弁護士(べんごし)相談(そうだん)した。

Romanji

Watashi wa yuigon no koto de bengoshi to sōdanshita.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
遺言 (ゆいごん、いごん、いげん)
will; testament; last request
()
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
(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
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
弁護士 (べんごし)
lawyer; attorney
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
相談 (そうだん)
consultation; discussion

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: イ、 ユイ、 のこ.す
Meanings: bequeath, leave behind, reserve
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う
Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
Readings: ゴ、 まも.る
Meanings: safeguard, protect
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-
Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
Reading: ダン
Meanings: discuss, talk