女房は店員さんより一回り小さい手だ。

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女房は店員さんより一回り小さい手だ。

English Translation

My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.

Furigana

女房(にょうぼう)は店員(てんいん)さんより一(いち)回(まわ)り小(ちい)さい手(て)だ。

Romanji

Nyōbō wa ten'in san yori ichi mawari chiisai te da.

Words

女房 (にょうぼう、にょうぼ、にゅうぼう)

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)

は (は)

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

店員 (てんいん)

shop assistant; employee; clerk; salesperson

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

回り (まわり)

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via; round; turn; size; 12-year period; 12-year age difference

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative