その夕方不気味な沈黙のうちにお茶がすまされた。

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English Translation

That evening tea was partaken of in a grim silence.

Furigana

その夕方(ゆうがた)不気味(ぶきみ)な沈黙(ちんもく)のうちにお茶(ちゃ)がすまされた。

Romanji

Sono yūgata bukimina chinmoku no uchini ocha ga sumasareta.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

夕方 (ゆうがた)

evening; dusk

不気味 (ぶきみ)

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

沈黙 (ちんもく)

silence; being silent; quiet; hush; reticence; inaction

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

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

お茶 (おちゃ)

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

が (が)

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

済ます (すます)

to finish; to get it over with; to conclude; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)