睡眠不足が彼女の健康をむしばんでいた。

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睡眠不足が彼女の健康をむしばんでいた。

English Translation

Lack of sleep was undermining her health.

Furigana

睡眠(すいみん)不足(ふそく)が彼女(かのじょ)の健康(けんこう)をむしばんでいた。

Romanji

Suimin fusoku ga kanojo no kenkō o mushibandeita.

Words

睡眠 (すいみん)

sleep

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

が (が)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

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.

蝕む (むしばむ)

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy