とても天気の良い日だったので、わたしたちはピクニックをすることに決めた。

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English Translation

It was such a fine day that we decided to have a picnic.

Furigana

とても天気(てんき)の良(よ)い日(ひ)だったので、わたしたちはピクニックをすることに決(き)めた。

Romanji

Totemo tenki no yoi hi datta node, watashitachi wa pikunikku o suru koto ni kimeta.

Words

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

天気 (てんき)

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

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

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

だ (だ)

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...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

ピクニック (ピクニック)

picnic

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.

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

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

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

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

Kanji

天

Readings: テン、あまつ、あめ、あま-

Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial

気

Readings: キ、ケ、いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

良

Readings: リョウ、よ.い、 -よ.い、い.い、 -い.い

Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled

日

Readings: ニチ、ジツ、ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

決

Readings: ケツ、き.める、 -ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint