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Zach

私の母は長い病気でとても弱っていた。

Sentence Analyzer

長い 病気 とても 弱っていた

English Translation

My mother was very weak from a long illness.

Furigana

(わたし)(はは)(なが)病気(びょうき)でとても(よわ)っていた。

Romanji

Watashi no haha wa nagai byōki de totemo yowatteita.

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
(はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)
mother
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
長い (ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
病気 (びょうき)
illness; disease; sickness
(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.
迚も (とても、とっても)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
弱る (よわる)
to weaken; to be troubled; to be downcast; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed; to impair

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい
Meanings: ill, sick
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: ジャク、 よわ.い、 よわ.る、 よわ.まる、 よわ.める
Meanings: weak, frail