もし病気の人が千羽の鶴を折ると、その人の願いが叶うの。

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English Translation

If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.

Furigana

もし病気(びょうき)の人(ひと)が千(せん)羽(わ)の鶴(つる)を折(お)ると、その人(ひと)の願(ねが)いが叶(かな)うの。

Romanji

Moshi byōki no hito ga sen wa no tsuru o oru to, sono hito no negai ga kanau no.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

千 (せん、ち)

1,000; thousand

羽 (わ、ば、ぱ)

counter for birds and rabbits

鶴 (つる、たず、ツル)

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

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.

折る (おる)

to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers); to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt; to end

と (と)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

願い (ねがい)

desire; wish; request; prayer; petition; application

叶う (かなう)

to come true (wish); to be suited; to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)