自分が子供を産んではじめて母親の愛がどんなものかわかりました。

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English Translation

It was not until I had a baby myself that I knew what mother's love is.

Furigana

自分(じぶん)が子供(こども)を産(う)んではじめて母親(ははおや)の愛(あい)がどんなものかわかりました。

Romanji

Jibun ga kodomo o unde hajimete hahaoya no ai ga donna mono ka wakarimashita.

Words

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

が (が)

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

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.

産む (うむ)

to give birth; to deliver; to produce

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

母親 (ははおや)

mother

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

愛 (あい)

love; affection; care; attachment; craving; desire

どんな (どんな)

what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

者 (もの、もん)

person

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out