祖母は服をボロボロになるまで着る。

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祖母は服をぼろぼろになるまで着る。

English Translation

My grandmother wears a dress to rags.

Furigana

祖母(そぼ)は服(ふく)をボロボロになるまで着(き)る。

Romanji

Sobo wa fuku o boroboro ni naru made kiru.

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

服 (ふく)

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, 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.

ぼろぼろ (ぼろぼろ、ボロボロ)

worn-out; torn; crumbling; tattered; tears or grain of rice falling

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

着る (きる)

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