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被写体に気づかれないようにそぉっとカメラを取り出し、ファインダーを覗く。

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被写体 気づかれない ように ぉっと カメラ 取り出し ファインダー 覗く

English Translation

I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.

Furigana

被写体(ひしゃたい)()づかれないようにそぉっとカメラを()()し、ファインダーを(のぞ)く。

Romanji

Hishatai ni kizukarenai yōni so xotto kamera o toridashi, fuxainda- o nozoku.

Words

被写体 (ひしゃたい)
(photographic) subject
()
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
気付く (きづく)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
()
ancestor; forefather; progenitor
(おっと)
husband
カメラ (カメラ、キャメラ)
camera
()
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.
取り出す (とりだす)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
ファインダー (ファインダー、ファインダ)
finder
覗く (のぞく)
to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); to face

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 こうむ.る、 おお.う、 かぶ.る、 かぶ.せる
Meanings: incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving
Readings: シャ、 ジャ、 うつ.す、 うつ.る、 うつ-、 うつ.し
Meanings: copy, be photographed, describe
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: シ、 のぞ.く、 うかが.う
Meanings: peep, peek, come in sight