その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。

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English Translation

All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.

Furigana

その間(かん)ずっと、じいさんの言(い)ったことが、メロンの周(まわ)りを飛(と)び回(まわ)る蠅(はえ)の羽音(はおと)のように、頭(あたま)の中(なか)でぶんぶんと鳴(な)っていました。

Romanji

Sonokan zutto, jiisan no itta koto ga, meron no mawari o tobimawaru hae no haoto no yōni, atama no naka de bunbun to natteimashita.

Words

その間 (そのあいだ、そのかん)

in the meanwhile; during the time

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

爺さん (じいさん)

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

メロン (メロン)

melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)

周り (まわり)

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

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.

飛び回る (とびまわる)

to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

蝿 (はえ、ハエ)

fly (of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

羽音 (はおと)

sound of flapping wings (of a bird); buzz; hum (of an insect)

様に (ように)

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

頭 (あたま、かしら)

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

ぶんぶん (ぶんぶん、ブンブン)

buzz; hum; shake; shaking

と (と)

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

鳴る (なる)

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble