新聞は息子の死を知った母親の苦悩を伝えた。

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English Translation

The newspaper told of the mother's anguish at the death of her son.

Furigana

新聞(しんぶん)は息子(むすこ)の死(し)を知(し)った母親(ははおや)の苦悩(くのう)を伝(つた)えた。

Romanji

Shinbun wa musuko no shi o shitta hahaoya no kunō o tsutaeta.

Words

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

は (は)

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

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

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

死 (し)

death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

母親 (ははおや)

mother

苦悩 (くのう)

suffering; distress; affliction; anguish; agony; trouble

伝える (つたえる)

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath