彼は中へ入るのをためらって、ドアの前を行ったり来たりした。

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English Translation

He walked back and forth in front of the door, hesitating to enter.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は中(なか)へ入(はい)るのをためらって、ドアの前(まえ)を行(おこな)ったり来(き)たりした。

Romanji

Kare wa naka e hairu no o tameratte, doa no mae o okona tari ki tari shita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

入る (はいる)

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold; to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get; to receive; to score

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

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.

躊躇う (ためらう)

to hesitate

ドア (ドア)

door (Western-style)

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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