ジョンは部屋の中で一人で腕組みをして立っていた。

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English Translation

John was standing alone in the room with his arms folded.

Furigana

ジョンは部屋(へや)の中(なか)で一(いち)人(にん)で腕組(うでぐ)みをして立(た)っていた。

Romanji

Jon wa heya no naka de ichi nin de udegumi o shite tatteita.

Words

は (は)

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

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

腕組み (うでぐみ)

folding one's arms

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

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)