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泣く事は悲しみの表現だ。

Sentence Analyzer

泣く 悲しみ 表現

English Translation

Crying is an expression of grief.

Furigana

()(こと)(かな)しみの表現(ひょうげん)だ。

Romanji

Naku koto wa kanashimi no hyōgen da.

Words

泣く (なく)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
悲しみ (かなしみ)
sadness; sorrow; grief; affection; love
()
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
表現 (ひょうげん)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: キュウ、 な.く
Meanings: cry, weep, moan
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ
Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Readings: ヒョウ、 おもて、 -おもて、 あらわ.す、 あらわ.れる、 あら.わす
Meanings: surface, table, chart, diagram
Readings: ゲン、 あらわ.れる、 あらわ.す、 うつつ、 うつ.つ
Meanings: present, existing, actual