私が登るにつれて枝が曲がりはじめた。

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私 が 登る につれて 枝 が 曲がりはじめた 。

English Translation

The branch began to bend as I climbed along it.

Furigana

私(わたし)が登(のぼ)るにつれて枝(えだ)が曲(ま)がりはじめた。

Romanji

Watashi ga noboru nitsurete eda ga magarihajimeta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

上る (のぼる)

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

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.)

枝 (えだ)

branch; bow; bough; twig; limb

曲がる (まがる)

to bend; to curve; to warp; to wind; to twist; to turn; to be awry; to be askew; to be crooked

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

登

Readings: トウ、 ト、 ドウ、 ショウ、 チョウ、 のぼ.る、 あ.がる

Meanings: ascend, climb up

枝

Readings: シ、 えだ

Meanings: bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches

曲

Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま

Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean