ひとしずくの涙が彼女のほおを伝って落ちた。

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English Translation

A tear rolled down her cheek.

Furigana

ひとしずくの涙(なみだ)が彼女(かのじょ)のほおを伝(つた)って落(お)ちた。

Romanji

Hito shizuku no namida ga kanojo no hō o tsutatte ochita.

Words

一 (ひと、ひ、ひい)

one; one

滴 (しずく)

drop (of water); drip

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

涙 (なみだ、なだ、なんだ)

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

が (が)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

頬 (ほお、ほほ)

cheek (of face)

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.

伝う (つたう)

to go along; to walk along; to follow

落ちる (おちる)

to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths

Kanji

涙

Readings: ルイ、レイ、なみだ

Meanings: tears, sympathy

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

女

Readings: ジョ、ニョ、ニョウ、おんな、め

Meanings: woman, female

伝

Readings: デン、テン、つた.わる、つた.える、つた.う、つだ.う、 -づた.い、つて

Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition

落

Readings: ラク、お.ちる、お.ち、お.とす

Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet