母親は息子に言い聞かせようとしていた。

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母親は息子に言い聞かせようとしていた。

English Translation

The mother tried to reason with her son.

Furigana

母親(ははおや)は息子(むすこ)に言(いき)い聞()かせようとしていた。

Romanji

Hahaoya wa musuko ni iikikaseyou to shiteita.

Words

母親 (ははおや)

mother

は (は)

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

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

に (に)

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

言い聞かせる (いいきかせる)

to tell someone to do something; to warn; to persuade; to instruct

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to