春が来ると日は長くなり暖かくなり、小さいおうちは南の国から最初の鳥が帰ってくるのを待っていました。

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English Translation

In the spring, when the days grew longer and the sun warmer, she waited for the first robin to return from the south.

Furigana

春(はる)が来(く)ると日(ひ)は長(なが)くなり暖(あたた)かくなり、小(ちい)さいおうちは南(みなみ)の国(くに)から最初(さいしょ)の鳥(とり)が帰(かえ)ってくるのを待(ま)っていました。

Romanji

Haru ga kuru to hi wa nagaku nari atatakaku nari, chiisai o uchi wa minami no kuni kara saisho no tori ga kaettekuru no o matteimashita.

Words

春 (はる)

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

が (が)

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

は (は)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

なる (なる)

that is in; who is called; that is called; that is

暖かい (あたたかい、あったかい)

warm; mild; genial

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

南 (みなみ)

south

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

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

帰る (かえる)

to return; to come home; to go home; to go back; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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.

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need