近づいてくる冬の寒さを考えて我々は予定していたピクニックを取りやめにした。

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English Translation

The chill of coming winter discouraged our picnic.

Furigana

近(ちか)づいてくる冬(ふゆ)の寒(さむ)さを考(かんが)えて我々(われわれ)は予定(よてい)していたピクニックを取(と)りやめにした。

Romanji

Chikazuitekuru fuyu no samusa o kangaete wareware wa yoteishiteita pikunikku o toriyame ni shita.

Words

近づく (ちかづく、ちかずく)

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

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

寒い (さむい、さぶい)

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

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.

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

予定 (よてい)

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate

ピクニック (ピクニック)

picnic

取り止め (とりやめ)

cancellation; suspension

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

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