梅雨の晴れ間に洗濯物を干すと気分はもう夏でした。

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English Translation

Drying the washing on a fine day in the rainy season; I felt like it was already summer.

Furigana

梅雨(つゆ)の晴(は)れ間(ま)に洗濯物(せんたくぶつ)を干(ほ)すと気分(きぶん)はもう夏(なつ)でした。

Romanji

Tsuyu no harema ni sentakubutsu o hosu to kibun wa mō natsu deshita.

Words

梅雨 (つゆ、ばいう)

rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season

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

晴れ間 (はれま)

break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; lightheartedness

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

洗濯物 (せんたくもの)

laundry; the washing

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.

干す (ほす)

to air; to dry; to desiccate; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

気分 (きぶん)

feeling; mood

は (は)

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

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

夏 (なつ)

summer

デス (デス)

death