お祖母さんが座布団の上にちんまりとすわっていました。

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English Translation

The old woman was snugly sitting on a cushion.

Furigana

お祖母(ばあ)さんが座布団(ざぶとん)の上(うえ)にちんまりとすわっていました。

Romanji

Obāsan ga zabuton no ueni chinmari to suwatteimashita.

Words

お祖母さん (おばあさん)

grandmother; female senior-citizen

が (が)

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

座布団 (ざぶとん)

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

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

ちんまり (ちんまり)

snugly; cosily; compactly

と (と)

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

座る (すわる)

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