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愛は人の心を砕くこともできるのさ。

Sentence Analyzer

砕く こと できる

English Translation

But love can break your heart.

Furigana

(あい)(ひと)(こころ)(くだ)くこともできるのさ。

Romanji

Ai wa hito no kokoro o kudaku koto mo dekiru no sa.

Words

(あい)
love; affection; care; attachment; craving; desire
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
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
(こころ)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
()
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.
砕く (くだく)
to break; to smash
(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
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
()
-ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition); (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion; come; come now

Kanji

Readings: アイ、 いと.しい、 かな.しい、 め.でる、 お.しむ、 まな
Meanings: love, affection, favourite
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: サイ、 くだ.く、 くだ.ける
Meanings: smash, break, crush, familiar, popular