強風に逆らって飛ぶのは大変なことだ。

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強風に逆らって飛ぶのは大変なことだ。

English Translation

Flying against a strong wind is very difficult.

Furigana

強風(きょうふう)に逆(さか)らって飛(と)ぶのは大変(たいへん)なことだ。

Romanji

Kyōfū ni sakaratte tobu no wa taihenna koto da.

Words

強風 (きょうふう)

strong wind; high wind; moderate gale

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

逆らう (さからう)

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

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

は (は)

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

大変 (たいへん)

very; greatly; immense; enormous; great; serious; grave; dreadful; terrible; difficult; hard; major incident; disaster

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative