少しばかり沈黙が続いた後、主婦は言った。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

There was a short pause and the housewife said...

Furigana

少(すこ)しばかり沈黙(ちんもく)が続(つづ)いた後(のち)、主婦(しゅふ)は言(い)った。

Romanji

Sukoshi bakari chinmoku ga tsuzuita nochi, shufu wa itta.

Words

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

沈黙 (ちんもく)

silence; being silent; quiet; hush; reticence; inaction

が (が)

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

続く (つづく)

to continue; to last; to go on; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin; to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to; to hold out; to keep; to last

後 (のち)

later; afterwards; since; future; after one's death; descendant

主婦 (しゅふ)

housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker

は (は)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise