この頃私は退屈しのぎに庭造りをしています。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

I am gardening these days just to kill time.

Furigana

この頃(ころ)私(わたし)は退屈(たいくつ)しのぎに庭造(にわづく)りをしています。

Romanji

Kono koro watashi wa taikutsu shinogi ni niwazukuri o shiteimasu.

Words

此の (この)

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

頃 (ころ、ごろ)

(approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

退屈 (たいくつ)

tedium; boredom

鎬 (しのぎ)

ridges on a blade (sword, knife, etc.); ridged pattern in building

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

庭づくり (にわづくり)

gardening

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