先週の日曜日から雨が降り続けている。

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先週の日曜日から雨が降り続けている。

English Translation

It has been raining since last Sunday.

Furigana

先週(せんしゅう)の日曜日(にちようび)から雨(あめ)が降(ふ)り続(つづ)けている。

Romanji

Senshū no nichiyōbi kara ame ga furitsuzuketeiru.

Words

先週 (せんしゅう)

last week; the week before

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

日曜日 (にちようび)

Sunday

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

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

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea