暗い森の中で彼は方向感覚を失った。

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暗い 森 の 中 で 彼 は 方向 感覚 を 失った 。

English Translation

He lost his sense of direction in the dark woods.

Furigana

暗(くら)い森(もり)の中(なか)で彼(かれ)は方向(ほうこう)感覚(かんかく)を失(うしな)った。

Romanji

Kurai mori no naka de kare wa hōkō kankaku o ushinatta.

Words

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

森 (もり)

forest; shrine grove

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

方向 (ほうこう)

direction; orientation; bearing; way; course (e.g. of action)

感覚 (かんかく)

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

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.

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

Kanji

暗

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る

Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

森

Readings: シン、 もり

Meanings: forest, woods

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

向

Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い

Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

感

Reading: カン

Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation

覚

Readings: カク、 おぼ.える、 さ.ます、 さ.める、 さと.る

Meanings: memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up

失

Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss