この少年は暗闇が恐いんだ。

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この 少年 は 暗闇 が 恐い ん だ 。

English Translation

The little boy is afraid of the dark.

Furigana

この少年(しょうねん)は暗闇(くらやみ)が恐(こわ)いんだ。

Romanji

Kono shōnen wa kurayami ga kowai n da.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

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

暗闇 (くらやみ)

darkness; the dark

が (が)

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

怖い (こわい)

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful; (I'm) afraid

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

暗

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る

Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

闇

Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い

Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder

恐

Readings: キョウ、 おそ.れる、 おそ.る、 おそ.ろしい、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる

Meanings: fear, dread, awe