兵士たちは故国が恋しくてならなかった。

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兵士たち は 故国 が 恋しくて ならなかった 。

English Translation

The soldiers ached for their homeland.

Furigana

兵士(へいし)たちは故国(ここく)が恋(こい)しくてならなかった。

Romanji

Heishitachi wa kokoku ga koishikute naranakatta.

Words

は (は)

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

故国 (ここく)

one's native land

が (が)

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

恋しい (こいしい)

yearned for; longed for; missed

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

Kanji

兵

Readings: ヘイ、 ヒョウ、 つわもの

Meanings: soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

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

国

Readings: コク、 くに

Meaning: country

恋

Readings: レン、 こ.う、 こい、 こい.しい

Meanings: romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling