兄の膝は怪我で手術が必要かもしれない。

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兄の膝は怪我で手術が必要かもしれない。

English Translation

My brother may have to be operated on for the knee injury.

Furigana

兄(あに)の膝(ひざ)は怪我(けが)で手術(しゅじゅつ)が必要(ひつよう)かもしれない。

Romanji

Ani no hiza wa kega de shujutsu ga hitsuyō kamo shirenai.

Words

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

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

膝 (ひざ)

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

は (は)

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

怪我 (けが)

injury (to animate object); hurt

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.

手術 (しゅじゅつ)

(surgical) operation; procedure

が (が)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

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