祖母は老齢で腰がくの字に曲がっている。

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祖母は老齢で腰がくの字に曲がっている。

English Translation

Grandmother is bent double with age.

Furigana

祖母(そぼ)は老齢(ろうれい)で腰(こし)がくの字(じ)に曲(ま)がっている。

Romanji

Sobo wa rōrei de koshi gaku no ji ni magatteiru.

Words

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)

grandmother

は (は)

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

老齢 (ろうれい)

advanced age; senility

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.

腰 (こし、コシ)

back; lower back; waist; hips; lumbar region; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

萼 (がく、うてな)

calyx

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

字 (じ)

character (i.e. kanji); hand-writing; penmanship; the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")

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

曲がる (まがる)

to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist; to turn; to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked