彼が生きていることを確かめるすべはなかった。

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English Translation

There is no way to confirm that he is alive.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が生(い)きていることを確(たし)かめるすべはなかった。

Romanji

Kare ga ikiteiru koto o tashikameru sube wa nakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

事 (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

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.

確かめる (たしかめる)

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

術 (すべ)

way; method; means

は (は)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

確

Readings: カク、コウ、たし.か、たし.かめる

Meanings: assurance, firm, tight, hard, solid, confirm, clear, evident