彼女は針仕事の手を休めてお茶を飲んだ。

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彼女は針仕事の手を休めてお茶を飲んだ。

English Translation

She stopped sewing and had some tea.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は針仕事(はりしごと)の手(て)を休(やす)めてお茶(ちゃ)を飲(の)んだ。

Romanji

Kanojo wa harishigoto no te o yasumete ocha o nonda.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

針仕事 (はりしごと)

needlework; sewing

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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.

休める (やすめる)

to rest; to suspend; to give relief

お茶 (おちゃ)

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal