彼らは長く灰色の通りのはずれのたいへん小さな家に住んでいました。

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English Translation

They lived in a very small house at the end of a long, gray street.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは長(なが)く灰色(はいいろ)の通(とお)りのはずれのたいへん小(ちい)さな家(いえ)に住(す)んでいました。

Romanji

Karera wa nagaku haiiro no tōri no hazure no taihen chiisana ie ni sundeimashita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

灰色 (はいいろ)

grey; gray; ashen

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

通り (とおり)

avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types

外れ (はずれ)

end; verge; extremity; tip; outskirts; miss; failure

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide