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マッチは子供の手の届かないところに置きなさい。

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マッチ 子供 届かない ところに 置き なさい

English Translation

Put the matches out of reach of children.

Furigana

マッチは子供(こども)()(とど)かないところに()きなさい。

Romanji

Matchi wa kodomo no te no todokanai tokoroni oki nasai.

Words

燐寸 (マッチ)
match (to light fire with)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
子供 (こども)
child; children
()
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
()
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)
届く (とどく)
to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at; to be attentive; to pay attention; to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound)
置く (おく)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state
為さる (なさる)
to do

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: キョウ、 ク、 クウ、 グ、 そな.える、 とも、 -ども
Meanings: submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: カイ、 とど.ける、 -とど.け、 とど.く
Meanings: deliver, reach, arrive, report, notify, forward
Readings: チ、 お.く、 -お.き
Meanings: placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn