二軒の白い家が道をはさんで向き合って立っている。

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English Translation

Two white houses face each other and stand across the way.

Furigana

二(に)軒(けん)の白(しろ)い家(いえ)が道(みち)をはさんで向(む)き合(あ)って立(た)っている。

Romanji

Ni ken no shiroi ie ga michi o hasande mukiatte tatteiru.

Words

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

軒 (けん)

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

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

白い (しろい)

white

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

が (が)

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

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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.

挟む (はさむ)

to interpose; to hold between; to insert; to be on either side (e.g. road); to be across (e.g. street, river); to be beyond

向き合う (むきあう)

to be opposite; to face each other

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)