彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa夕(ゆう)食(しょく) yuushokuまで made空(くう)腹(ふく) kuufukuを oしのぐ shinoguため tameいくらか ikurakaクッキー kukkiiを o食(た)べ()た() tabeta。 She ate some cookies to tide over her hunger until dinner. Literal She [topic-は] dinner [until-まで] hunger [object-を] endure [purpose-ため] some cookies [object-を] ate. しのぐ (凌ぐ, 'to endure, weather') is used for getting through a difficult period. ため marks purpose. いくらか ('some') is a quantity expression. fooddaily life~まで (until)~ために (in order to)
彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa夕(ゆう)食(しょく) yuushokuまで made空(くう)腹(ふく) kuufukuを oしのぐ shinoguため tameいくらか ikurakaクッキー kukkiiを o食(た)べ()た() tabeta。 She ate some cookies to tide over her hunger until dinner. Literal She [topic-は] dinner [until-まで] hunger [object-を] endure [purpose-ため] some cookies [object-を] ate. しのぐ (凌ぐ, 'to endure, weather') is used for getting through a difficult period. ため marks purpose. いくらか ('some') is a quantity expression. fooddaily life~まで (until)~ために (in order to)