ええ。でも北海道より新潟のほうがもっと降りますよ。

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English Translation

Yes, it does. But it snows more in Niigata than in Hokkaido.

Furigana

ええ。でも北海道(ほっかいどう)より新潟(にいがた)のほうがもっと降(お)りますよ。

Romanji

Ē. demo Hokkaidō yori Niigata no hō ga motto orimasu yo.

Words

ええ (ええ、えー)

yes; that is correct; right; um; errr; huh?; grrr; gah; Must I?; good

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

北海道 (ほっかいどう)

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

新潟 (にいがた)

Niigata (city)

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

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

が (が)

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

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!