彼らは手をふって別れの挨拶を告げた。

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彼らは手をふって別れの挨拶を告げた。

English Translation

They waved good-bye with their hands.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは手(て)をふって別(わか)れの挨拶(あいさつ)を告(つ)げた。

Romanji

Karera wa te o futte wakare no aisatsu o tsugeta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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.

振る (ぶる)

assuming the air of ...; behaving like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

別れ (わかれ)

parting; separation; farewell; (lateral) branch; fork; offshoot; division; section

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

挨拶 (あいさつ)

greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody; polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge; retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

告げる (つげる)

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark