じっと見つめていると、鳥たちは、特にチズコの作った金の鶴は、秋のそよ風の中で生きているように見えた。

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English Translation

As she watched, the birds, especially Chizuko's golden crane, looked alive in a light autumn breeze.

Furigana

じっと見(み)つめていると、鳥(とり)たちは、特(とく)にチズコの作(つく)った金(きん)の鶴(つる)は、秋(あき)のそよ風(かぜ)の中(なか)で生(い)きているように見(み)えた。

Romanji

Jitto mitsumeteiru to, toritachi wa, tokuni chizuko no tsukutta kin no tsuru wa, aki no soyokaze no naka de ikiteiru yōni mieta.

Words

凝乎と (じっと、じーっと、じーと、じいっと)

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically; firmly (e.g. hold); restrained

見つめる (みつめる)

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

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

特に (とくに)

particularly; especially

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

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

鶴 (つる、たず、ツル)

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

秋 (あき)

autumn; fall

そよ風 (そよかぜ、びふう)

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

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.

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)