初秋の頃のほど、その平原が美しく見えるときはない。

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English Translation

At no time does the plain look so perfect as in early autumn.

Furigana

初秋(しょしゅう)の頃(ころ)のほど、その平原(へいげん)が美(うつく)しく見(み)えるときはない。

Romanji

Shoshū no koro no hodo, sono heigen ga utsukushiku mieru toki wa nai.

Words

初秋 (しょしゅう、はつあき)

early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

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

頃 (ころ、ごろ)

(approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

平原 (へいげん)

plain; moor; prairie

が (が)

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

美しい (うつくしい)

beautiful; lovely

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

は (は)

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