恐ろしい運命が彼を待ち受けていた。

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恐ろしい 運命 が 彼 を 待ち受けていた 。

English Translation

A terrible fate awaited him.

Furigana

恐(おそ)ろしい運命(うんめい)が彼(かれ)を待(ま)ち受(う)けていた。

Romanji

Osoroshii unmei ga kare o machiuketeita.

Words

恐ろしい (おそろしい)

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening; frightened; surprising; startling; tremendous; amazing

運命 (うんめい)

fate; destiny; lot

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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.

待ち受ける (まちうける)

to await; to expect

Kanji

恐

Readings: キョウ、 おそ.れる、 おそ.る、 おそ.ろしい、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる

Meanings: fear, dread, awe

運

Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ

Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance

命

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち

Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

待

Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち

Meanings: wait, depend on

受

Readings: ジュ、 う.ける、 -う.け、 う.かる

Meanings: accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive