スレートの小道では芝は刈り残されており、雑草も残っており、道路のそばの生け垣の外側の芝は刈っていないことが多かった。

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English Translation

The grass was left long and weedy in the slate walk, and very often he wasn't cutting the grass on the other side of the hedge by the road at all.

Furigana

スレートの小道(こみち)では芝(しば)は刈(か)り残(のこ)されており、雑草(ざっそう)も残(のこ)っており、道路(どうろ)のそばの生(い)け垣(がき)の外側(そとがわ)の芝(しば)は刈(か)っていないことが多(おお)かった。

Romanji

Sure-to no komichi de wa shiba wa kari nokosareteori, zassō mo nokotteori, dōro no soba no ikegaki no sotogawa no shiba wa katteinai koto ga ōkatta.

Words

スレート (スレート)

slate

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

小道 (こみち、しょうけい)

path; lane; small diameter; small radius

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

芝 (しば)

lawn; sod; turf

刈る (かる)

to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune

残す (のこす)

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

雑草 (ざっそう)

weed

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

残る (のこる)

to remain; to be left

道路 (どうろ)

road; highway

蕎麦 (そば、そばむぎ、そまむぎ)

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

生け垣 (いけがき)

hedge

外側 (そとがわ、がいそく)

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous