私は夏が近づくにつれて、つい体を鍛えようとする。

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私 は 夏 が 近づく につれて 、 つい 体 を 鍛えよう と する 。

English Translation

I end up unconsciously trying to get fit as summer draws near.

Furigana

私(わたし)は夏(なつ)が近(ちか)づくにつれて、つい体(からだ)を鍛(きた)えようとする。

Romanji

Watashi wa natsu ga chikazuku nitsurete, tsui karada o kitaeyou to suru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

夏 (なつ)

summer

が (が)

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

近づく (ちかづく、ちかずく)

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

に連れて (につれて)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

つい (つい)

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

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.

鍛える (きたえる)

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

と (と)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

夏

Readings: カ、 ガ、 ゲ、 なつ

Meaning: summer

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

鍛

Readings: タン、 きた.える

Meanings: forge, discipline, train