直径１メートル、深さ２メートルの穴を掘るのに、約２時間半かかりました。

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English Translation

It took me about two and a half hours to dig a hole one meter in diameter and two meters in depth.

Furigana

直径(ちょっけい)１メートル、深(ふか)さ２メートルの穴(あな)を掘(ほ)るのに、約(やく)２時間(じかん)半(はん)かかりました。

Romanji

Chokkei ichi me-toru, fukasa ni me-toru no ana o horu noni, yaku ni jikan han kakarimashita.

Words

直径 (ちょっけい)

diameter

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

米 (メートル)

metre; meter; meter (i.e. a gauge); gauge

深い (ふかい)

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong; late

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

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

穴 (あな)

hole; deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.); vacancy; opening; flaw; profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others; upset victory (with a large payoff); pit (of a theater); hiding place; underbelly (of society, etc.)

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.

掘る (ほる)

to dig; to excavate; to hollow; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

約 (やく)

approximately; about; promise; shortening; reduction; simplification; contraction (in phonetics)

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

半 (はん)

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

罹る (かかる)

to suffer from