父はいつも、寝る前に明かりがみな消えているかどうか確かめる。

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English Translation

Father makes sure that all the lights are off before he goes to bed.

Furigana

父(ちち)はいつも、寝(ね)る前(まえ)に明(あ)かりがみな消(き)えているかどうか確(たし)かめる。

Romanji

Chichi wa itsumo, neru mae ni akari ga mina kieteiru ka dō ka tashikameru.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

寝る (ねる)

to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

明かり (あかり)

light; illumination; glow; gleam; lamp; light

が (が)

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

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

消える (きえる)

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

確かめる (たしかめる)

to ascertain; to check; to make sure