高齢の守衛、トム・スケレトンは、よれよれのアームチェアーに座りこんで、俳優たちが楽屋からの石段を上ってくるのを聞いていた。

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高齢の守衛、とむ・スケレトンは、よれよれのアームチェアーに座りこんで、俳優たちが楽屋からの石段を上ってくるのを聞いていた。

English Translation

Tom Skeleton, the ancient stage doorkeeper, sat in his battered armchair, listening as the actors came up the stone stairs from their dressing rooms.

Furigana

高齢(こうれい)の守衛(しゅえい)、トム・スケレトンは、よれよれのアームチェアーに座(すわ)りこんで、俳優(はいゆう)たちが楽屋(がくや)からの石段(いしだん)を上(のぼ)ってくるのを聞(き)いていた。

Romanji

Kōrei no shuei, Tomu sukereton wa, yoreyore no a-mutyea- ni suwarikonde, haiyūtachi ga gakuya kara no ishidan o nobottekuru no o kiiteita.

Words

高齢 (こうれい)

advanced (old) age

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

守衛 (しゅえい)

security guard; doorkeeper

富む (とむ)

to be rich; to become rich; to be abundant (with); to abound (with); to be rich (in)

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

は (は)

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

ヨレヨレ (ヨレヨレ、よれよれ)

worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up

アームチェア (アームチェア、アームチェアー)

armchair

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

が (が)

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

楽屋 (がくや)

dressing room; green room; backstage

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

石段 (いしだん)

(flight of) stone steps

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.

上がる (あがる)

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance