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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English Translation
I end up unconsciously trying to get fit as summer draws near.
Furigana
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
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: カ、 ガ、 ゲ、 なつ
Meaning: summer
Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: タン、 きた.える
Meanings: forge, discipline, train