只見町は福島県南会津地方にあり、急峻な山を隔てて新潟との県境に位置しています。

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English Translation

Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.

Furigana

只見町(ただみまち)は福島県(ふくしまけん)南会津(みなみあいづ)地方(ちほう)にあり、急峻(きゅうしゅん)な山(やま)を隔(へだ)てて新潟(にいがた)との県境(けんきょう)に位置(いち)しています。

Romanji

Tadamimachi wa Fukushimaken Minamiaizu chihō ni ari, kyūshunna yama o hedatete Niigata to no kenkyō ni ichishiteimasu.

Words

は (は)

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

福島県 (ふくしまけん)

Fukushima prefecture (Tohoku area)

地方 (ちほう)

district; region; area; locality; the country; countryside; the provinces; rural area

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

急峻 (きゅうしゅん)

steep; sharp

山 (やま)

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; mountain climbing; mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall; wall tile; temple; temple grounds; wild

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.

隔てる (へだてる)

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

新潟 (にいがた)

Niigata (city)

と (と)

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

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

県境 (けんざかい、けんきょう)

prefectural border; prefectural boundary

位置 (いち)

place; situation; position; location