彼女はここ２ヶ月間ダイエットをしている。というのも、冬の間体重がかなり増えすぎたからだ。

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English Translation

She has been on a diet for the past two months because she put on too much weight during the winter.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)はここ２ヶ月間(かげつかん)ダイエットをしている。というのも、冬(ふゆ)の間(ま)体重(たいじゅう)がかなり増(ふ)えすぎたからだ。

Romanji

Kanojo wa koko ni kagetsukan daietto o shiteiru. toiunomo, fuyu no ma taijū ga kanari fuesugita kara da.

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

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

ダイエット (ダイエット)

diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)

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.

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

と言うのも (というのも)

because

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

体重 (たいじゅう)

body weight; one's weight

が (が)

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

可也 (かなり)

considerably; fairly; quite

増える (ふえる)

to increase; to multiply

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative