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Zach

私は悲しく感じることが好きである。私はたいていの人は、いかなる悲しみの感情も避けようとすることを知っている。しかし、私はそれは間違っていると思う。

Sentence Analyzer

悲しく 感じる こと 好き ある たいてい いかなる 悲しみ 感情 避けよう する こと 知っている しかし それ 間違っている 思う

English Translation

I like to feel sad. I know that most people try to avoid any kind of sad feeling. But I think that is wrong.

Furigana

(わたし)(かな)しく(かん)じることが()きである。(わたし)はたいていの(ひと)は、いかなる(かな)しみの感情(かんじょう)()けようとすることを()っている。しかし、(わたし)はそれは間違(まちが)っていると(おも)う。

Romanji

Watashi wa kanashiku kanjiru koto ga suki de aru. watashi wa taitei no hito wa, ikanaru kanashimi no kanjō mo sakeyou to suru koto o shitteiru. shikashi, watashi wa sore wa machigatteiru to omou.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
悲しい (かなしい)
sad; sorrowful
感じる (かんじる)
to feel; to sense; to experience
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
好き (すき)
liking; fondness; love
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
大抵 (たいてい)
mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; most; almost all; ordinary; proper; appropriate; moderate
()
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
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
如何なる (いかなる)
any kind of
悲しみ (かなしみ)
sadness; sorrow; grief; affection; love
感情 (かんじょう)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
避ける (さける、よける)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
()
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
然し (しかし)
however; but
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
間違う (まちがう)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ
Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 なさ.け
Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts
Readings: ヒ、 さ.ける、 よ.ける
Meanings: evade, avoid, avert, ward off, shirk, shun
Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
Meanings: know, wisdom
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: イ、 ちが.う、 ちが.い、 ちが.える、 -ちが.える、 たが.う、 たが.える
Meanings: difference, differ
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think