近所の人たちに、お別れをいうまえに、スミスさんの一家は家の中の最後の取り片づけをしなければならなかった。

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English Translation

Before saying goodbye to their neighbors, the Smiths had to tie up some loose ends inside the house.

Furigana

近所(きんじょ)の人(ひと)たちに、お別(わか)れをいうまえに、スミスさんの一家(いっか)は家(いえ)の中(なか)の最後(さいご)の取(と)り片(かた)づけをしなければならなかった。

Romanji

Kinjo no hitotachi ni, o wakare o iu mae ni, Sumisu san no ikka wa ie no naka no saigo no tori katazuke o shinakerebanaranakatta.

Words

近所 (きんじょ)

neighbourhood; neighborhood

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

人達 (ひとたち)

people

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

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

別れ (わかれ)

parting; separation; farewell; (lateral) branch; fork; offshoot; division; section

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.

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

舞う (まう)

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

一家 (いっか、いっけ)

a house; a home; a family; a household; one's family; one's folks; a style

は (は)

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

片付ける (かたづける)

to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end; to marry off (e.g. a daughter); to do away with someone; to bump someone off

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