正月は家族と過ごす時間が長いのです。

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正月は家族と過ごす時間が長いのです。

English Translation

At the New Year, we spend a lot of time with our family.

Furigana

正月(しょうがつ)は家族(かぞく)と過(す)ごす時間(じかん)が長(なが)いのです。

Romanji

Shōgatsu wa kazoku to sugosu jikan ga nagai no desu.

Words

正月 (しょうがつ)

New Year (esp. first three days); the first month of the year; January

は (は)

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

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

が (が)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

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

です (です)

be; is