ひどい風邪を引いて、1週間寝込んでいた。

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ひどい風邪を引いて、 1 週間寝込んでいた。

English Translation

I was flat on my back for a week with a terrible cold.

Furigana

ひどい風邪(かぜ)を引(ひ)いて、1週間(しゅうかん)寝込(ねこ)んでいた。

Romanji

Hidoi kaze o hiite, 1 shūkan nekondeita.

Words

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

風邪 (かぜ、ふうじゃ)

common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague

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.

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

週間 (しゅうかん)

week; weekly

寝込む (ねこむ)

to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time