私たちは居間の半分の場所を取るグランドピアノを買った。

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私たちは居間の半分の場所を取るぐらんどピアノを買った。

English Translation

We bought a grand piano which took up half of our living room.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは居間(いま)の半分(はんぶん)の場所(ばしょ)を取(と)るグランドピアノを買(か)った。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa ima no hanbun no basho o toru gurando piano o katta.

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

居間 (いま)

living room (western style)

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

半分 (はんぶん)

half

場所 (ばしょ)

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

グランド (グランド、グラン)

large; gland; ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)

ピアノ (ピアノ、ピヤノ)

piano

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke