私たちは長く寒い冬を過ごすが、その楽しみ方を知っている。

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English Translation

We have a long and cold winter, but we know how to enjoy it.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは長(なが)く寒(さむ)い冬(ふゆ)を過(す)ごすが、その楽(たの)しみ方(かた)を知(し)っている。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa nagaku samui fuyu o sugosu ga, sono tanoshimikata o shitteiru.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

寒い (さむい、さぶい)

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

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.

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern