その神経質の少女はエンピツの端をかむ癖がある。

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その神経質の少女はえんぴつの端をかむ癖がある。

English Translation

The nervous girl is in the habit of chewing the end of her pencil.

Furigana

その神経質(しんけいしつ)の少女(しょうじょ)はエンピツの端(はじ)をかむ癖(くせ)がある。

Romanji

Sono shinkeishitsu no shōjo wa enpitsu no haji o kamu kuse ga aru.

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...

神経質 (しんけいしつ)

nervousness; (being) highly strung; sensitiveness; neurotic

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

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

は (は)

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

鉛筆 (えんぴつ)

pencil

端 (はし、はじ、はな)

end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; beginning; start; first; odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

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.

擤む (かむ)

to blow (one's nose)

癖 (くせ、へき)

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about