1月は暖かいだろうと思っていたが、この冬は20年ぶりの寒さだそうだ。

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1月 暖かい だろう 思っていた この 年ぶり 寒さ そう

English Translation

We expected that we should have a warm January, but we hear that this winter is the coldest in twenty years.

Furigana

(いちがつ)(あたた)かいだろうと(おも)っていたが、この(ふゆ)は20(ねん)ぶりの(さむ)さだそうだ。

Romanji

Ichigatsu wa atatakai darou to omotteita ga, kono fuyu wa ni zero nenburi no samusa da sō da.

Words

一月 (いちがつ)
January
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
暖かい (あたたかい、あったかい)
warm; mild; genial
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(ふゆ)
winter
(に、ふた、ふ、ふう)
two
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
年ぶり (ねんぶり)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
()
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
寒い (さむい、さぶい)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

Kanji

Readings: ゲツ、 ガツ、 つき
Meanings: month, moon
Readings: ダン、 ノン、 あたた.か、 あたた.かい、 あたた.まる、 あたた.める
Meaning: warmth
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: トウ、 ふゆ
Meaning: winter
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: カン、 さむ.い
Meaning: cold