彼は喫茶店から女の子が通り過ぎるのを、眺めて時間をつぶしていた。

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English Translation

He killed time in a coffee shop watching girls pass by.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は喫茶店(きっさてん)から女(おんな)の子(こ)が通(とお)り過(す)ぎるのを、眺(なが)めて時間(じかん)をつぶしていた。

Romanji

Kare wa kissaten kara onnanoko ga tōrisugiru no o, nagamete jikan o tsubushiteita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

喫茶店 (きっさてん、きっちゃてん)

coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

女の子 (おんなのこ、おんなのコ、おんにゃのこ)

girl

が (が)

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

通り過ぎる (とおりすぎる)

to pass; to pass through

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.

眺める (ながめる)

to view; to gaze at

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

潰す (つぶす)

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to thwart; to block; to kill (time); to waste (e.g. talents)