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92歳のひとり暮らし。いよいよ終わりだぞと思う時代、だからこそ朝の光は綺麗に見えるし、いつも感じる「生きていることの素晴らしさ」【うんともすんとも日和 】061 | デザイナー・人形作家の粟辻早重さん

Living alone at 92. In an era where I think it's finally coming to an end, that's why the morning light looks beautiful, and I always feel 'the wonder of being alive' [Weather for Both Agreement and Disagreement] 061 | Designer and doll artist Sae Awatsuji

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雨が降りそうだから、傘を持っていこう。

It looks like it's going to rain, so let's take an umbrella.

  1. 雨が降りそうit looks like it will rain降る (to fall) becomes 降り + そう: something that looks about to happen.
  2. だからso, because of thatGives the reason for what comes next.
  3. 傘を持っていこうlet's take an umbrella持っていく (take along) in its volitional form 〜こう: “let's” or “I'll”.

降りそう vs 降るそうだ

Attached to the verb stem, そう means “it looks like”: 降りそう = it looks like rain. After the dictionary form, そうだ means “I heard”: 降るそうだ = I heard it will rain.

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