メアリーは読書をしており、１匹の猫がかたわらで眠っていた。
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English Translation
Mary was reading, with a cat sleeping beside her.
Furigana
メアリーは読書 をしており、１匹 の猫 がかたわらで眠 っていた。
Romanji
Meari- wa dokusho o shiteori, ichi hiki no neko ga katawara de nemutteita.
Words
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
読書
(どくしょ、とくしょ)
reading
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.
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
一
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
匹
(ひき、き)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth
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
猫
(ねこ、ネコ)
cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
傍ら
(かたわら)
side; edge; beside; besides; nearby; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
眠る
(ねむる、ねぶる)
to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes