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彼らはコーヒーを飲みながら話をした。

Sentence Analyzer

彼ら コーヒー 飲み ながら した

English Translation

They talked over a cup of coffee.

Furigana

(かれ)らはコーヒーを()みながら(はなし)をした。

Romanji

Karera wa ko-hi- o nomi nagara hanashi o shita.

Words

彼ら (かれら)
they (usually male); them
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
珈琲 (コーヒー、こーひー)
coffee
()
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
乍ら (ながら)
while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")
(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
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

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: イン、 オン、 の.む、 -の.み
Meanings: drink, smoke, take
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk