その赤ん坊は一晩中泣いたり泣き止んだりした。

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English Translation

The baby cried on and off all night.

Furigana

その赤(あか)ん坊(ぼう)は一(いち)晩中(ばんちゅう)泣(な)いたり泣(な)き止(や)んだりした。

Romanji

Sono akanbō wa ichi banchū nai tari naki yan dari shita.

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...

赤ん坊 (あかんぼう、あかんぼ)

baby; infant

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

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

泣く (なく)

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

止む (やむ)

to cease; to stop; to be over

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