部屋の隅に本がきちんと積み重ねられていた。

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部屋 の 隅 に 本 が きちんと 積み重ねられていた 。

English Translation

There was a neat pile of books in the corner of the room.

Furigana

部屋(へや)の隅(すみ)に本(ほん)がきちんと積(つ)み重(かさ)ねられていた。

Romanji

Heya no sumi ni hon ga kichinto tsumikasanerareteita.

Words

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

隅 (すみ、すま)

corner; nook; recess; downstage right (on a noh stage)

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

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

が (が)

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

きちんと (きちんと)

precisely; accurately; neatly

積み重ねる (つみかさねる)

to pile up; to accumulate

Kanji

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

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

屋

Readings: オク、 や

Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

隅

Readings: グウ、 すみ

Meanings: corner, nook

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

積

Readings: セキ、 つ.む、 -づ.み、 つ.もる、 つ.もり

Meanings: volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass

重

Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも

Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold