彼は座って本を読み、火のそばでは妻が裁縫をしていた。

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English Translation

He sat reading, with his wife sewing by the fire.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は座(すわ)って本(ほん)を読(よ)み、火(ひ)のそばでは妻(つま)が裁縫(さいほう)をしていた。

Romanji

Kare wa suwatte hon o yomi, hi no soba de wa tsuma ga saihō o shiteita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

火 (ひ)

fire; flame; blaze

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

蕎麦 (そば、そばむぎ、そまむぎ)

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

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

裁縫 (さいほう)

sewing

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