手が汚れている。ずっと自転車を修理していたから。

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English Translation

My hands are dirty. I have been repairing my bicycle.

Furigana

手(て)が汚(よご)れている。ずっと自転車(じてんしゃ)を修理(しゅうり)していたから。

Romanji

Te ga yogoreteiru. zutto jitensha o shūrishiteita kara.

Words

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.)

が (が)

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

汚れる (よごれる)

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

自転車 (じてんしゃ、じでんしゃ)

bicycle

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.

修理 (しゅうり、しゅり、すり)

repairing; mending; servicing

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