踊り子達は白いドレスを着てきゃしゃに見えますが、実際には彼女たちは馬のように力強いのです。

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English Translation

The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but they are really as strong as horses.

Furigana

踊(おど)り子達(こたち)は白(しろ)いドレスを着(き)てきゃしゃに見(み)えますが、実際(じっさい)には彼女(かのじょ)たちは馬(うま)のように力強(ちからづよ)いのです。

Romanji

Odorikotachi wa shiroi doresu o kite kyasha ni miemasu ga, jissai ni wa kanojotachi wa uma no yōni chikarazuyoi no desu.

Words

は (は)

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

白い (しろい)

white

ドレス (ドレス)

dress

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.

着る (きる)

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

華奢 (きゃしゃ)

dainty; delicate; slender; slim and elegant; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

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)

が (が)

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

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

馬 (うま、いま、おま、ウマ)

horse; promoted bishop

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

力強い (ちからづよい)

powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous; reassuring; encouraging

です (です)

be; is