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薄汚い生まれた故郷の街に戻ってきた。

Sentence Analyzer

薄汚い 生まれた 故郷 戻ってきた

English Translation

Back into the hole where I was born.

Furigana

薄汚(うすぎたな)()まれた故郷(こきょう)(まち)(もど)ってきた。

Romanji

Usugitanai umareta kokyō no machi ni modottekita.

Words

薄汚い (うすぎたない)
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
生まれる (うまれる)
to be born
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
(がい)
.. street; .. quarter; .. district
()
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
戻る (もどる)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

Kanji

Readings: ハク、 うす.い、 うす-、 -うす、 うす.める、 うす.まる、 うす.らぐ、 うす.ら-、 うす.れる、 すすき
Meanings: dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
Readings: オ、 けが.す、 けが.れる、 けが.らわしい、 よご.す、 よご.れる、 きたな.い
Meanings: dirty, pollute, disgrace, rape, defile
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
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: ガイ、 カイ、 まち
Meanings: boulevard, street, town
Readings: レイ、 もど.す、 もど.る
Meanings: re-, return, revert, resume, restore, go backwards