クリスマスは新年の数日前にめぐってくる。

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English Translation

Christmas comes a few days before New Year.

Furigana

クリスマスは新年(しんねん)の数(すう)日(にち)前(まえ)にめぐってくる。

Romanji

Kurisumasu wa shinnen no sū nichi mae ni meguttekuru.

Words

クリスマス (クリスマス)

Christmas

は (は)

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

新年 (しんねん)

New Year

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 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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

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

巡る (めぐる)

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)