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故郷の老いた両親のことを考えて見るべきだ。

Sentence Analyzer

故郷 老いた 両親 こと 考えて 見る べき

English Translation

You must think of your old parents at home.

Furigana

故郷(こきょう)()いた両親(りょうしん)のことを(かんが)えて()るべきだ。

Romanji

Kokyō no oita ryōshin no koto o kangaete miru beki da.

Words

故郷 (ふるさと、こきょう、きゅうり)
home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains
()
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
老いる (おいる)
to age; to grow old
両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)
parents; both parents
(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
()
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.
考える (かんがえる)
to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
見る (みる)
to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: キョウ、 ゴウ、 さと
Meanings: home town, village, native place, district
Readings: ロウ、 お.いる、 ふ.ける
Meanings: old man, old age, grow old
Readings: リョウ、 てる、 ふたつ
Meanings: both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over
Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible