その大きなはこには古新聞しか入ってないのを、少年は発見した。

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English Translation

The boy found the big box contained nothing but old newspapers.

Furigana

その大(おお)きなはこには古(こ)新聞(しんぶん)しか入(はい)ってないのを、少年(しょうねん)は発見(はっけん)した。

Romanji

Sono ōkina wa ko ni wa ko shinbun shika haittenai no o, shōnen wa hakkenshita.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

は (は)

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

海鼠 (なまこ、かいそ、こ、ナマコ)

sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)

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

古 (ふる)

used item; secondhand item; old; used; previous

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

入る (いる)

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

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

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.

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding