風が吹くたびに、桜の花びらが、ひらひらと舞い降りてました。

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English Translation

The cherry blossoms flutter down whenever the wind blows.

Furigana

風(かぜ)が吹(ふ)くたびに、桜(さくら)の花(はな)びらが、ひらひらと舞(まお)い降()りてました。

Romanji

Kaze ga fuku tabini, sakura no hanabira ga, hirahira to maioritemashita.

Words

風 (かぜ)

wind; breeze; draught; draft; manner; behaviour; behavior; cold; influenza

が (が)

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

吹く (ふく)

to blow (e.g. wind); to play a wind instrument; to emit; to spout; to whistle; to laugh; to burst into laughter; to smelt; to mint; to brag; to talk big

度に (たびに、たんびに)

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

桜 (さくら、サクラ)

cherry tree; cherry blossom; decoy; fake buyer; shill; hired applauder; horse meat

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

花弁 (はなびら、かべん)

(flower) petal

ひらひら (ひらひら、ヒラヒラ)

flutter; flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

舞い降りる (まいおりる)

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight