母は一日じゅう料理をしたり、洗濯したりするのに忙しい。

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English Translation

Mother is busy cooking and washing all day long.

Furigana

母(はは)は一(いち)日(にち)じゅう料理(りょうり)をしたり、洗濯(せんたく)したりするのに忙(いそが)しい。

Romanji

Haha wa ichi nichijū ryōri o shi tari, sentakushi tari suru noni isogashii.

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

料理 (りょうり)

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

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

洗濯 (せんたく)

washing; laundry

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

忙しい (いそがしい、せわしい)

busy; hectic; occupied; engaged