この前の日曜日は小説を読んで過ごした。

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この前の日曜日は小説を読んで過ごした。

English Translation

I spent last Sunday reading novels.

Furigana

この前(まえ)の日曜日(にちようび)は小説(しょうせつ)を読(よ)んで過(す)ごした。

Romanji

Kono mae no nichiyōbi wa shōsetsu o yonde sugoshita.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

日曜日 (にちようび)

Sunday

は (は)

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

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it