母系の祖母はその旧式のドレスを着ることに固執する。

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English Translation

My maternal grandmother persists in wearing that old-fashioned dress.

Furigana

母系(ぼけい)の祖母(そぼ)はその旧式(きゅうしき)のドレスを着(き)ることに固執(こしつ)する。

Romanji

Bokei no sobo wa sono kyūshiki no doresu o kiru koto ni koshitsusuru.

Words

母系 (ぼけい)

maternal line; mother's side of the family

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

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)

grandmother

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

旧式 (きゅうしき)

old type; old style

ドレス (ドレス)

dress

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.

着る (きる)

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

固執 (こしつ、こしゅう)

adherence (e.g. to ideas, beliefs, a pet theory) (negative nuance); persistence; insistence; stubbornness