私の祖父は晴れた日に池の色とりどりの鯉を眺めているのが好きです。

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English Translation

My grandfather likes looking at colorful carp in the pond on a fine day.

Furigana

私(わたし)の祖父(そふ)は晴(は)れた日(ひ)に池(いけ)の色(いろ)とりどりの鯉(こい)を眺(なが)めているのが好(す)きです。

Romanji

Watashi no sofu wa hareta hini ike no irotoridori no koi o nagameteiru no ga suki desu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

は (は)

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

晴れる (はれる)

to clear up; to clear away; to be sunny; to stop raining; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished

池 (いけ)

pond

色とりどり (いろとりどり)

multicolored; multicoloured; varicolored; varicoloured; variety; miscellany

鯉 (こい、コイ)

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

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.

眺める (ながめる)

to view; to gaze at

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

です (です)

be; is