故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。

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故人 を しのんで 、 記念碑 が 建てられた 。

English Translation

A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.

Furigana

故人(こじん)をしのんで、記念碑(きねんひ)が建(た)てられた。

Romanji

Kojin o shinonde, kinenhi ga taterareta.

Words

故人 (こじん)

the deceased; the departed

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

偲ぶ (しのぶ)

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to be nostalgic for

記念碑 (きねんひ)

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

Kanji

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

記

Readings: キ、 しる.す

Meanings: scribe, account, narrative

念

Reading: ネン

Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention

碑

Readings: ヒ、 いしぶみ

Meanings: tombstone, monument

建

Readings: ケン、 コン、 た.てる、 た.て、 -だ.て、 た.つ

Meaning: build