話が進むにつれ彼の弁舌はますますさえた。

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話 が 進む につれ 彼 の 弁舌 は ますます さえた 。

English Translation

His speech had more and more power as it went along.

Furigana

話(はなし)が進(すす)むにつれ彼(かれ)の弁舌(べんぜつ)はますますさえた。

Romanji

Hanashi ga susumu nitsure kare no benzetsu wa masumasu saeta.

Words

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

が (が)

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

進む (すすむ)

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen; to heighten; to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead; to do of one's own free will

に連れ (につれ)

as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

弁舌 (べんぜつ)

speech

は (は)

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

益々 (ますます)

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

冴える (さえる)

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake; to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful; to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute; to be satisfying; to become frigid; to become intensely cold

Kanji

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

進

Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める

Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

弁

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う

Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

舌

Readings: ゼツ、 した

Meanings: tongue, reed, clapper