壁には、ピアノに向かって座っているアンソニー卿の大きな写真がかかっていました。

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壁には、ピアノに向かって座っているあんソニー卿の大きな写真がかかっていました。

English Translation

On the wall there was a big picture of Sir Anthony at the piano.

Furigana

壁(かべ)には、ピアノに向(む)かって座(すわ)っているアンソニー卿(きょう)の大(おお)きな写真(しゃしん)がかかっていました。

Romanji

Kabe ni wa, piano ni mukatte suwatteiru An Soni- kyō no ōkina shashin ga kakatteimashita.

Words

壁 (かべ、へき)

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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

は (は)

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

ピアノ (ピアノ、ピヤノ)

piano

向かう (むかう)

to face; to go towards

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

案 (あん)

idea; plan; thought; draft plan; motion; rough copy; expectation

卿 (きょう、けい)

lord; sir; state minister (i.e. under the ritsuryo system); you (in reference to someone of lower status)

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

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

が (が)

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on