みんなクリスマスに小雪がちらつくのを望んでいた。
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English Translation
Everyone hoped for a snow flurry for Christmas.
Furigana
みんなクリスマスに小雪 がちらつくのを望 んでいた。
Romanji
Minna kurisumasu ni koyuki ga chiratsuku no o nozondeita.
Words
皆
(みな、みんな)
all; everyone; everybody; everything
クリスマス
(クリスマス)
Christmas
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
小雪
(こゆき)
light snow
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
ちらつく
(ちらつく)
to flicker; to flit; to litter; to be dazzled
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
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.
望む
(のぞむ)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)