暴君の心は哀れみの情で和らいだ。

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暴君 の 心 は 哀れみ の 情 で 和らいだ 。

English Translation

The tyrant's heart melted with compassion.

Furigana

暴君(ぼうくん)の心(こころ)は哀(あわ)れみの情(じょう)で和(やわ)らいだ。

Romanji

Bōkun no kokoro wa awaremi no jō de yawaraida.

Words

暴君 (ぼうくん)

tyrant; despot

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

心 (こころ)

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

哀れみ (あわれみ)

pity; compassion

情 (じょう)

feelings; emotion; sentiment; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection; love; the way things really are; the actual situation

で (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.

和らぐ (やわらぐ)

to soften; to calm down; to be mitigated

Kanji

暴

Readings: ボウ、 バク、 あば.く、 あば.れる

Meanings: outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage

君

Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ

Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

哀

Readings: アイ、 あわ.れ、 あわ.れむ、 かな.しい

Meanings: pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize

情

Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 なさ.け

Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

和

Readings: ワ、 オ、 カ、 やわ.らぐ、 やわ.らげる、 なご.む、 なご.やか

Meanings: harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan