３人のうちの１人が芝刈り機で私の庭を大雑把にさっと刈り、もう一人が妻の庭の端の伸びた雑草をさっと２、３回刈り、残りの一人はトラックに上がってタバコをすっていた。

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３人のうちの１人が芝刈り機で私の庭を大雑把にさっと刈り、もう一人が妻の庭の端の伸びた雑草をさっと２、３回刈り、残りの一人はとらっくに上がってタバコをすっていた。

English Translation

While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.

Furigana

３人(にん)のうちの１人(にん)が芝刈(しばが)り機(き)で私(わたし)の庭(にわ)を大雑把(おおざっぱ)にさっと刈(か)り、もう一(いち)人(にん)が妻(つま)の庭(にわ)の端(はじ)の伸(の)びた雑草(ざっそう)をさっと２、３回刈(かいが)り、残(のこ)りの一(いち)人(にん)はトラックに上(あ)がってタバコをすっていた。

Romanji

San nin no uchi no ichi nin ga shibagariki de watashi no niwa o ōzappa ni satto kari, mō ichi nin ga tsuma no niwa no haji no nobita zassō o satto ni, san kaigari, nokori no ichi nin wa torakku ni agatte tabako o sutteita.

Words

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

が (が)

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

芝刈り機 (しばかりき)

lawnmower

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

庭 (にわ)

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

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.

大ざっぱ (おおざっぱ)

rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy

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

颯と (さっと)

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

刈る (かる)

to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

端 (はし、はじ、はな)

end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; beginning; start; first; odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

伸びる (のびる)

to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; to make progress; to grow (beard, body height); to grow stale (soba); to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed; to be exhausted; to be postponed; to be prolonged

雑草 (ざっそう)

weed

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

残り (のこり)

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

は (は)

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

トラック (トラック)

truck; track (running, CD, DVD, etc.)

上がる (あがる)

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

煙草 (たばこ、えんそう、けぶりぐさ、けむりぐさ、タバコ)

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

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