家内は今、夕食の支度をしている。

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家内は今、夕食の支度をしている。

English Translation

My wife is preparing dinner right now.

Furigana

家内(かない)は今(いま)、夕食(ゆうしょく)の支度(したく)をしている。

Romanji

Kanai wa ima, yūshoku no shitaku o shiteiru.

Words

家内 (かない、やうち)

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

は (は)

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

夕食 (ゆうしょく)

evening meal; dinner

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

支度 (したく)

preparation; arrangements

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.

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