彼はクマがどうやって冬を越すのかをくわしく語ってくれた。

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彼はくまがどうやって冬を越すのかをくわしく語ってくれた。

English Translation

He gave me chapter and verse on how bears pass the winter.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はクマがどうやって冬(ふゆ)を越(こ)すのかをくわしく語(かた)ってくれた。

Romanji

Kare wa kuma ga dō yatte fuyu o kosu no ka o kuwashiku katattekureta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

隈 (くま)

corner; nook; recess; a shadow; a shade

が (が)

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

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.

越す (こす)

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to go over (e.g. with audience); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to exceed; to move house; to go; to come

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

詳しい (くわしい)

detailed; full; accurate; knowing very well; well-acquainted; well-informed

語る (かたる)

to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show