年を取って彼女は記憶力が衰えた。

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年 を 取って 彼女 は 記憶力 が 衰えた 。

English Translation

Old age has undermined her memory.

Furigana

年(とし)を取(と)って彼女(かのじょ)は記憶力(きおくりょく)が衰(おとろ)えた。

Romanji

Toshi o totte kanojo wa kiokuryoku ga otoroeta.

Words

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

記憶力 (きおくりょく)

memory

が (が)

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

衰える (おとろえる)

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away

Kanji

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

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

記

Readings: キ、 しる.す

Meanings: scribe, account, narrative

憶

Reading: オク

Meanings: recollection, think, remember

力

Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから

Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert

衰

Readings: スイ、 おとろ.える

Meanings: decline, wane, weaken