母は台所でせっせと料理しながら歌を口ずさんでいた。

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English Translation

Mother hummed to herself as she went about her cooking in the kitchen.

Furigana

母(はは)は台所(だいどころ)でせっせと料理(りょうり)しながら歌(うた)を口(くち)ずさんでいた。

Romanji

Haha wa daidokoro de sesseto ryōrishi nagara uta o kuchizusandeita.

Words

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

は (は)

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

台所 (だいどころ、だいどこ)

kitchen; financial situation

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

せっせと (せっせと)

diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away

料理 (りょうり)

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

歌 (うた)

song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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.

口ずさむ (くちずさむ)

to hum; to sing to oneself; to compose impromptu (poems)