少年時代に川端康成は彼の祖父の面倒を見た。

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English Translation

In his boyhood, Yasunari Kawabata took care of his grandfather.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)時代(じだい)に川端(かわばた)康成(やすなり)は彼(かれ)の祖父(そふ)の面倒(めんどう)を見(み)た。

Romanji

Shōnen jidai ni Kawabata Yasunari wa kare no sofu no mendō o mita.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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

川端 (かわばた)

riverbank

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

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

面倒 (めんどう)

trouble; difficulty; care; attention

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...