赤い薔薇が彼女の白い服をよく引き立たしていた。

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English Translation

The red rose made a nice contrast to her white dress.

Furigana

赤(あか)い薔薇(ばら)が彼女(かのじょ)の白(しろ)い服(ふく)をよく引(ひ)き立(た)たしていた。

Romanji

Akai bara ga kanojo no shiroi fuku o yoku hiki tatashiteita.

Words

赤い (あかい)

red; Red (i.e. communist)

薔薇 (ばら、しょうび、そうび、バラ)

rose

が (が)

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

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

白い (しろい)

white

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.

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

立たす (たたす)

to help a person stand; to get someone to their feet; to raise; to rouse