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しかし、赤ん坊の様にぐっすり眠りました。

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しかし 赤ん坊 様に ぐっすり 眠りました

English Translation

But he slept like a baby.

Furigana

しかし、(あか)(ぼう)(よう)にぐっすり(ねむ)りました。

Romanji

Shikashi, akanbō no yōni gussuri nemurimashita.

Words

然し (しかし)
however; but
赤ん坊 (あかんぼう、あかんぼ)
baby; infant
()
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
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
ぐっすり (ぐっすり)
sound asleep; fast asleep
眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)
to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

Kanji

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 あか、 あか-、 あか.い、 あか.らむ、 あか.らめる
Meaning: red
Readings: ボウ、 ボッ
Meanings: boy, priest's residence, priest
Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy