今年の冬は２０年ぶりの寒さだそうだ。

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今年の冬は２０年ぶりの寒さだそうだ。

English Translation

This is the coldest winter we have had in twenty years, I hear.

Furigana

今年(ことし)の冬(ふゆ)は２０年(ねん)ぶりの寒(さむ)さだそうだ。

Romanji

Kotoshi no fuyu wa ni zero nenburi no samusa da sō da.

Words

今年 (ことし、こんねん)

this year

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

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

年ぶり (ねんぶり)

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

寒い (さむい、さぶい)

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

だ (だ)

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of