大寒：１年で最も寒さが厳しくなる日ですが、春がもうすぐ間近に迫っているとも言えます。

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English Translation

Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.

Furigana

大寒(だいかん)：１年(ねん)で最(もっと)も寒(さむ)さが厳(きび)しくなる日(ひ)ですが、春(はる)がもうすぐ間近(まぢか)に迫(せま)っているとも言(い)えます。

Romanji

Daikan ichi nen de mottomo samusa ga kibishiku naru hi desu ga, haru ga mōsugu majika ni sematteiru to mo iemasu.

Words

大寒 (だいかん)

(time of) extreme cold; "major cold" solar term (approx. Jan 20, roughly the coldest time of the year)

一 (いち)

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

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

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.

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

寒い (さむい、さぶい)

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny

が (が)

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

厳しい (きびしい、いかめしい)

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

です (です)

be; is

春 (はる)

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality

もう直ぐ (もうすぐ)

very soon

間近 (まぢか、まじか)

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

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

迫る (せまる、せる)

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

と (と)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

言える (いえる)

to be possible to say; to be able to say