祖父は、晴れた日に池のいろどりの鯉を眺めているのが好きです。

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English Translation

My grandfather likes looking at colorful carp in the pond on a fine day.

Furigana

祖父(そふ)は、晴(は)れた日(ひ)に池(いけ)のいろどりの鯉(こい)を眺(なが)めているのが好(す)きです。

Romanji

Sofu wa, hareta hini ike no irodori no koi o nagameteiru no ga suki desu.

Words

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

は (は)

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

晴れる (はれる)

to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

池 (いけ)

pond

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

彩る (いろどる)

to colour; to color; to paint; to make up

鯉 (こい、コイ)

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

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.

眺める (ながめる)

to view; to gaze at

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

です (です)

be; is