あなたが本を読んでくれている間、私が縫物ができる。

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English Translation

While you are reading to me, I can do my sewing.

Furigana

あなたが本(ほん)を読(よ)んでくれている間(ま)、私(わたし)が縫物(ぬいもの)ができる。

Romanji

Anata ga hon o yondekureteiru ma, watashi ga nuimono ga dekiru.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

が (が)

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

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

縫物 (ぬいもの)

sewing; needlework; embroidery

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant