長く厳しい冬が終わって穏やかで暖かい春に取ってかわった。

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English Translation

The long cruel winter at last came to an end, giving place to a gentle warm spring.

Furigana

長(なが)く厳(きび)しい冬(ふゆ)が終(お)わって穏(おだ)やかで暖(あたた)かい春(はる)に取(と)ってかわった。

Romanji

Nagaku kibishii fuyu ga owatte odayaka de atatakai haru ni totte kawatta.

Words

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

厳しい (きびしい、いかめしい)

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless; stern; austere; grave; solemn; majestic; intense (cold); harsh

冬 (ふゆ)

winter

が (が)

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

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

穏やか (おだやか)

calm; gentle; quiet

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

暖かい (あたたかい、あったかい)

warm; mild; genial

春 (はる)

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of one's life, etc.); adolescence; puberty; sexuality

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

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch