なぜ空が青いか知っているか。

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なぜ 空 が 青い か 知っている か 。

English Translation

Do you know why the sky is blue?

Furigana

なぜ空(そら)が青(あお)いか知(し)っているか。

Romanji

Naze sora ga aoi ka shitteiru ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

が (が)

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

青い (あおい)

blue; green; pale; unripe; inexperienced

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

Kanji

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

青

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 あお、 あお-、 あお.い

Meanings: blue, green

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom