君は彼女の忠告に従って行動すべきだったのに（しなかった）。

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English Translation

You should have acted on her advice.

Furigana

君(きみ)は彼女(かのじょ)の忠告(ちゅうこく)に従(したが)って行動(こうどう)すべきだったのに（しなかった）。

Romanji

Kimi wa kanojo no chūkoku nishitagatte kōdōsu beki datta noni shinakatta.

Words

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

は (は)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

忠告 (ちゅうこく)

advice; warning

に従って (にしたがって)

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

行動 (こうどう)

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

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