山の方では、四月の末になって初めて地面から雪が消える。

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English Translation

In the mountains it is not until the end of April that the snow disappears completely from the ground.

Furigana

山(やま)の方(ほう)では、四月(しがつ)の末(すえ)になって初(はじ)めて地面(じめん)から雪(ゆき)が消(き)える。

Romanji

Yama no hō de wa, shigatsu no sueni natte hajimete jimen kara yuki ga kieru.

Words

山 (やま)

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; mountain climbing; mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall; wall tile; temple; temple grounds; wild

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

は (は)

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

四月 (しがつ)

April

末に (すえに)

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

地面 (じめん)

ground; earth's surface

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

雪 (ゆき)

snow

が (が)

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

消える (きえる)

to go out; to vanish; to disappear