彼らはコーヒーを飲みながら２時間以上も談笑した。

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English Translation

They chatted over coffee for more than two hours.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らはコーヒーを飲(の)みながら２時間(じかん)以上(いじょう)も談笑(だんしょう)した。

Romanji

Karera wa ko-hi- o nomi nagara ni jikan ijō mo danshōshita.

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

珈琲 (コーヒー、こーひー)

coffee

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

談笑 (だんしょう)

friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation