白髪のおかげで彼女は年よりふけて見える。

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English Translation

Her gray hair makes her look older than her age.

Furigana

白髪(はくはつ)のおかげで彼女(かのじょ)は年(とし)よりふけて見(み)える。

Romanji

Hakuhatsu no okage de kanojo wa toshi yori fukete mieru.

Words

白髪 (しらが、はくはつ、しろかみ、しらかみ)

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

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

お蔭 (おかげ)

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence

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.

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

耽る (ふける)

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)