像の土台に彼らの願いが刻まれている。

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像の土台に彼らの願いが刻まれている。

English Translation

Their wish is engraved on the base of the statue.

Furigana

像(ぞう)の土台(どだい)に彼(かれ)らの願(ねが)いが刻(きざ)まれている。

Romanji

Zō no dodai ni karera no negai ga kizamareteiru.

Words

像 (ぞう)

image; figure; statue; picture; portrait; figure; form; shape; appearance; image

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

土台 (どだい)

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

願い (ねがい)

desire; wish; request; prayer; petition; application

が (が)

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

刻む (きざむ)

to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred; to carve; to engrave; to chisel; to notch; to tick away (time); to record the passing moments; to etch (into one's mind); to remember distinctly; to have tattooed; to torment