ヘレン・ケラーは耳が聞こえない上に目も見えなかった。

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English Translation

Helen Keller was deaf and blind.

Furigana

ヘレン・ケラーは耳(みみ)が聞(き)こえない上(うえ)に目(め)も見(み)えなかった。

Romanji

Heren Kera- wa mimi ga kikoenai ueni me mo mienakatta.

Words

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

は (は)

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

耳 (みみ)

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

が (が)

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

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)