屋根裏部屋のネズミを退治しなくてはと彼はいっている。

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屋根裏 部屋 の ネズミ を 退治しなくて は と 彼 は いっている 。

English Translation

He says he must get rid of the mice that are in the attic.

Furigana

屋根裏(やねうら)部屋(へや)のネズミを退治(たいじ)しなくてはと彼(かれ)はいっている。

Romanji

Yaneura heya no nezumi o taijishinakute wa to kare wa itteiru.

Words

屋根裏 (やねうら)

attic; loft

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

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

鼠 (ねずみ、ネズミ、ねず)

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

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.

退治 (たいじ)

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; eradication; suppression; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

は (は)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

Kanji

屋

Readings: オク、 や

Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

根

Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね

Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)

裏

Readings: リ、 うら

Meanings: back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

退

Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く

Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject

治

Readings: ジ、 チ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる、 なお.る、 なお.す

Meanings: reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the