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Zach

お祖父さまはお風邪を召していらっしゃいます。

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祖父 さま 風邪 召していらっしゃいます

English Translation

Grandfather has caught a cold.

Furigana

祖父(そふ)さまはお風邪(かぜ)()していらっしゃいます。

Romanji

O sofu sama wa o kaze o meshiteirasshaimasu.

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
(ざま)
mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...; manner of ...; way of ...
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
風邪 (かぜ、ふうじゃ)
common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague
()
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.
召す (めす)
to call; to invite; to send for; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride; to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku); to do; honorific suffix used after the -masu stem of a verb

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: フウ、 フ、 かぜ、 かざ-、 -かぜ
Meanings: wind, air, style, manner
Readings: ジャ、 よこし.ま
Meanings: wicked, injustice, wrong
Readings: ショウ、 め.す
Meanings: seduce, call, send for, wear, put on, ride in, buy, eat, drink, catch (cold)