ボールは地面の上を私に向かってころがった。

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ぼーるは地面の上を私に向かってころがった。

English Translation

The ball rolled on the ground towards me.

Furigana

ボールは地面(じめん)の上(うえ)を私(わたし)に向(む)かってころがった。

Romanji

Bo-ru wa jimen no ue o watashi ni mukatte korogatta.

Words

ホール (ホール)

hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant

は (は)

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

地面 (じめん)

ground; earth's surface

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

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

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.

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

向かう (むかう)

to face; to go towards

転がる (ころがる)

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be common; (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out