例によって彼は新聞を読みながら食事をしている。

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English Translation

As is his way, he eats reading a newspaper.

Furigana

例(れい)によって彼(かれ)は新聞(しんぶん)を読(よ)みながら食事(しょくじ)をしている。

Romanji

Rei niyotte kare wa shinbun o yomi nagara shokuji o shiteiru.

Words

例 (れい)

custom; practice; habit; usual; said; aforementioned; instance; example; case; illustration; usage; precedent

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

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

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

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