一人の小さな女の子がしくしく泣いているのをみつけた。

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English Translation

I found that there was a little girl sobbing.

Furigana

一(いち)人(にん)の小(ちい)さな女(おんな)の子(こ)がしくしく泣(な)いているのをみつけた。

Romanji

Ichi nin no chiisana onnanoko ga shikushiku naiteiru no o mitsuketa.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

女の子 (おんなのこ、おんなのコ、おんにゃのこ)

girl

が (が)

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

しくしく (しくしく)

weeping; sobbing; crying; with a dull pain; prolonged dull pain

泣く (なく)

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

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.

見つける (みつける、みっける)

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot; to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with