私はかたずをのんでその光景を見つめていた。

Sentence Analyzer

私 は かたず を のんで その 光景 を 見つめていた 。

English Translation

I was watching the scene holding my breath.

Furigana

私(わたし)はかたずをのんでその光景(こうけい)を見(み)つめていた。

Romanji

Watashi wa katazu o nonde sono kōkei o mitsumeteita.

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

固唾 (かたず、かたづ)

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

光景 (こうけい)

scene; spectacle; sight; view

見つめる (みつめる)

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

光

Readings: コウ、 ひか.る、 ひかり

Meanings: ray, light

景

Reading: ケイ

Meanings: scenery, view

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible