私は彼女に本当のことを言うようにいったが、彼女は首を横に振った。

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English Translation

I told her to tell me the truth, but she shook her head.

Furigana

私(わたし)は彼女(かのじょ)に本当(ほんとう)のことを言(い)うようにいったが、彼女(かのじょ)は首(くび)を横(よこ)に振(ふ)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa kanojo ni hontō no koto o iu yōni itta ga, kanojo wa kubi o yoko ni futta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

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

事 (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

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

が (が)

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

首 (くび、クビ)

neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)

横 (よこ)

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected

振る (ふる)

to wave; to shake; to swing; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump; to abandon; to give up; to ruin; to add kana indicating a reading of a word; to slightly change headings; to change directions; to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct; to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine); to bring up the main topic; to replace; to substitute; to set up a joke for somebody else