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私の友人はアフリカでひどい目にあったかもしれない。

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友人 アフリカ ひどい あった かも しれない

English Translation

My friend may have had a bad time in Africa.

Furigana

(わたし)友人(ゆうじん)はアフリカでひどい()にあったかもしれない。

Romanji

Watashi no yūjin wa Afurika de hidoi me ni atta kamo shirenai.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
友人 (ゆうじん)
friend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
阿弗利加 (アフリカ)
Africa
(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.
酷い (ひどい)
cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust
()
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish
()
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
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
かも (かも)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
知れる (しれる)
to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ユウ、 とも
Meaning: friend
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-
Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor