少年は春の日差しを浴びて仰向けに寝ていた。

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English Translation

The boy lay on his back, basking in the spring sunshine.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)は春(はる)の日差(ひざ)しを浴(あ)びて仰向(あおむ)けに寝(ね)ていた。

Romanji

Shōnen wa haru no hizashi o abite aomuke ni neteita.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

春 (はる)

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality

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

日差し (ひざし)

sunlight; rays of the sun

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.

浴びる (あびる)

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to bathe in; to be flooded with (e.g. light); to be covered in; to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon; to be showered with

仰向け (あおむけ)

face up

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

寝る (ねる)

to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle