２人の恋人は差し向かいに座ってお茶を飲んでいた。

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English Translation

The two lovers sat face to face, drinking tea.

Furigana

２人(にん)の恋人(こいびと)は差(さ)し向(む)かいに座(すわ)ってお茶(ちゃ)を飲(の)んでいた。

Romanji

Ni nin no koibito wa sashi mukai ni suwatte ocha o nondeita.

Words

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

恋人 (こいびと)

lover; sweetheart

は (は)

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

差し (さし、サシ)

between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative in Noh music; prefix used for stress or emphasis; counter for traditional dance songs

向い (むかい)

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

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

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

お茶 (おちゃ)

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

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.

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal