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Zach

母が病気だったので、私が母の世話をした。

Sentence Analyzer

病気 だった ので 世話 した

English Translation

My mother being ill, I looked after her.

Furigana

(はは)病気(びょうき)だったので、(わたし)(はは)世話(せわ)をした。

Romanji

Haha ga byōki datta node, watashi ga haha no sewa o shita.

Words

(はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)
mother
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
病気 (びょうき)
illness; disease; sickness
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
世話 (せわ)
looking after; help; aid; assistance
()
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.
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

Kanji

Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい
Meanings: ill, sick
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk