フォークは裕福な人々の食卓に入ってきたが、イギリスのエリザベス１世やフランスのルイ１４世など、王家の人たちの多くは指で食事をしていた。

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フォークは裕福な人々の食卓に入ってきたが、イギリスのエリザベス１世やフランスのるい１４世など、王家の人たちの多くは指で食事をしていた。

English Translation

Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers.

Furigana

フォークは裕福(ゆうふく)な人々(ひとびと)の食卓(しょくたく)に入(はい)ってきたが、イギリスのエリザベス１世(せい)やフランスのルイ１４世(せい)など、王家(おうけ)の人(ひと)たちの多(おお)くは指(ゆび)で食事(しょくじ)をしていた。

Romanji

Fuxo-ku wa yūfukuna hitobito no shokutaku ni haittekita ga, Igirisu no Erizabesu ichi sei ya Furansu no Rui ichi yon sei nado, ōke no hitotachi no ōku wa yubi de shokuji o shiteita.

Words

フォーク (フォーク、ホーク)

fork; folk; folk song; hawk

は (は)

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

裕福 (ゆうふく)

affluence; prosperity

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

食卓 (しょくたく)

dining table

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

が (が)

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

英吉利 (イギリス)

Great Britain; United Kingdom

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

世 (せい)

counter for generations; epoch

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

仏蘭西 (フランス)

France

類 (るい)

kind; sort; type; class; genus; order; family; similar example; parallel; the like

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

王家 (おうけ)

royal family

人達 (ひとたち)

people

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

指 (ゆび、および、おゆび)

finger; toe; digit

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.

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

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