叔父はすらっとしているが、叔母は太っている。

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English Translation

My uncle is slender, but my aunt is stout.

Furigana

叔父(おじ)はすらっとしているが、叔母(おば)は太(ふと)っている。

Romanji

Oji wa suratto shiteiru ga, oba wa futotteiru.

Words

叔父 (おじ、しゅくふ)

uncle (younger than one's parent)

は (は)

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

すらっと (すらっと)

slender; slim

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

伯母 (おば、はくぼ、しゅくぼ)

aunt

太る (ふとる)

to grow fat (stout, plump); to become fat; to gain weight