腰の痛みから足が鉛のように重く引きずるように歩いていました。

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English Translation

His backache left him lurching along with leaden legs.

Furigana

腰(こし)の痛(いた)みから足(あし)が鉛(なまり)のように重(おも)く引(ひ)きずるように歩(ある)いていました。

Romanji

Koshi no itami kara ashi ga namari no yōni omoku hikizuru yōni aruiteimashita.

Words

腰 (こし、コシ)

back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

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

痛み (いたみ)

pain; ache; soreness; grief; distress; damage; injury; wear; bruise; break

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

が (が)

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

鉛 (なまり)

lead (Pb)

様に (ように)

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

重い (おもい)

heavy; weighty; massive; heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy; slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy; important; serious; grave; serious; severe; critical; solid; established; dignified; sensible

引きずる (ひきずる)

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly; to seduce

歩く (あるく)

to walk