いったいなぜ君は薬を飲むのに抵抗したのか。

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English Translation

Why on earth did you resist taking medicine?

Furigana

いったいなぜ君(きみ)は薬(くすり)を飲(の)むのに抵抗(ていこう)したのか。

Romanji

Ittai naze kimi wa kusuri o nomu no ni teikōshita no ka.

Words

一体 (いったい)

...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"); one object; one body; unity; one form; one style; one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.); generally; in general

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

は (は)

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

薬 (くすり)

medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

抵抗 (ていこう)

resistance; opposition; standing up to; reluctance; repulsion; repugnance; resistance; drag; friction; electrical resistance; resistor

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

君

Readings: クン、きみ、 -ぎみ

Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix

薬

Readings: ヤク、くすり

Meanings: medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit

飲

Readings: イン、オン、の.む、 -の.み

Meanings: drink, smoke, take

抵

Reading: テイ

Meanings: resist, reach, touch

抗

Readings: コウ、あらが.う

Meanings: confront, resist, defy, oppose