その少年は新しい自転車が欲しくてたまらなかった。

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English Translation

The boy was anxious for a new bicycle.

Furigana

その少年(しょうねん)は新(あたら)しい自転車(じてんしゃ)が欲(ほ)しくてたまらなかった。

Romanji

Sono shōnen wa atarashii jitensha ga hoshikute tamaranakatta.

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...

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

自転車 (じてんしゃ、じでんしゃ)

bicycle

が (が)

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

欲しい (ほしい)

wanted; wished for; in need of; desired; I want (you) to

堪らない (たまらない)

intolerable; unbearable; unendurable; irresistible; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do

Kanji

少

Readings: ショウ、すく.ない、すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

年

Readings: ネン、とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

新

Readings: シン、あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい-

Meaning: new

自

Readings: ジ、シ、みずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

転

Readings: テン、ころ.がる、ころ.げる、ころ.がす、ころ.ぶ、まろ.ぶ、うたた、うつ.る、くる.めく

Meanings: revolve, turn around, change

車

Readings: シャ、くるま

Meaning: car

欲

Readings: ヨク、ほっ.する、ほ.しい

Meanings: longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving