猿が木に登るのは簡単だ。

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猿が木に登るのは簡単だ。

English Translation

It is easy for a monkey to climb a tree.

Furigana

猿(さる)が木(き)に登(のぼ)るのは簡単(かんたん)だ。

Romanji

Saru ga ki ni noboru no wa kantan da.

Words

猿 (さる、サル)

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; bathhouse prostitute

が (が)

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

木 (き)

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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

上る (のぼる)

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

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

は (は)

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

簡単 (かんたん)

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative