その家のことはすべてメアリー叔母さんを中心に動いていた。

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English Translation

Everything in that house revolved upon Aunt Mary.

Furigana

その家(いえ)のことはすべてメアリー叔母(おば)さんを中心(ちゅうしん)に動(うご)いていた。

Romanji

Sono ie no koto wa subete Meari- obasan o chūshin ni ugoiteita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

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

は (は)

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

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

伯母さん (おばさん)

aunt

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.

中心 (ちゅうしん)

center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance; -centered; -centred; -focussed; -oriented; centered on; focussed on

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

動く (うごく)

to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; certain; factual; to be transferred