芝はいつも火曜日にはきれいになっていたが、以前ほど木に近いところまでは刈っていないことに気がつき始めた。

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English Translation

The lawn always looked better on Tuesdays, but I began to notice he wasn't getting as close to the trees as he used to.

Furigana

芝(しば)はいつも火曜日(かようび)にはきれいになっていたが、以前(いぜん)ほど木(き)に近(ちか)いところまでは刈(か)っていないことに気(きはじ)がつき始()めた。

Romanji

Shiba wa itsumo kayōbi ni wa kirei ni natteita ga, izen hodo ki ni chikai tokoro made wa katteinai koto ni kigatsukihajimeta.

Words

芝 (しば)

lawn; sod; turf

は (は)

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

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

火曜日 (かようび)

Tuesday

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

綺麗 (きれい)

pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; completely; entirely

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

が (が)

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

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

木 (き)

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

刈る (かる)

to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

気がつく (きがつく)

to notice; to become aware; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself