父は若いころ、上手に泳ぐことができた。

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父 は 若い ころ 、 上手 に 泳ぐ こと が できた 。

English Translation

My father could swim well when he was young.

Furigana

父(ちち)は若(わか)いころ、上手(じょうず)に泳(およ)ぐことができた。

Romanji

Chichi wa wakai koro, jōzu ni oyogu koto ga dekita.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

上手 (じょうず、じょうて、じょうしゅ)

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

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

泳ぐ (およぐ)

to swim

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

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

父

Readings: フ、 ちち

Meaning: father

若

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し

Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

泳

Readings: エイ、 およ.ぐ

Meaning: swim