彼は読書をし、その傍らで妻が手袋を編んでいた。

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English Translation

He sat reading, with his wife knitting a pair of gloves beside him.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は読書(どくしょ)をし、その傍(かたわ)らで妻(つま)が手袋(てぶくろ)を編(あ)んでいた。

Romanji

Kare wa dokusho o shi, sono katawara de tsuma ga tebukuro o andeita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

傍ら (かたわら)

side; edge; beside; besides; nearby; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

が (が)

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

手袋 (てぶくろ)

glove; mitten; mitt

編む (あむ)

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit