今朝起きてみると、山の頂が雪におおわれていた。

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English Translation

I awoke this morning to find the summit of the mountain covered with snow.

Furigana

今朝(けさ)起(お)きてみると、山(やま)の頂(いただき)が雪(ゆき)におおわれていた。

Romanji

Kesa okitemiru to, yama no itadaki ga yuki ni oowareteita.

Words

今朝 (けさ、こんちょう)

this morning

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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

頂 (いただき)

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire; easy win for one; something received

が (が)

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

雪 (ゆき)

snow

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

覆う (おおう)

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise