そしてまもなくショベルカーがやってきて、ひなぎくの花でいっぱいの丘を掘って道路をつくりはじめました。
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English Translation
Pretty soon along came a steam shovel and dug a road through the hill covered with daisies.
Furigana
そしてまもなくショベルカーがやってきて、ひなぎくの花 でいっぱいの丘 を掘 って道路 をつくりはじめました。
Romanji
Soshite mamonaku shoberuka- ga yattekite, hina giku no hana de ippai no oka o hotte dōro o tsukurihajimemashita.
Words
然して
(そして、しかして)
and; and then; thus; and now
間もなく
(まもなく)
soon; before long; in a short time; lacking time to ...; without time to ...
ショベルカー
(ショベルカー、シャベルカー、ショベル・カー、シャベル・カー)
digger; excavator; power shovel
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
やって来る
(やってくる)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
雛
(ひよこ、ひな、ひよっこ、ヒナ)
young bird; chick; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival; green; wet behind the ears; juvenile
疑懼
(ぎく)
apprehension; uneasiness
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
花
(はな)
flower; blossom; bloom; petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; Japanese playing cards; beauty; (the) best
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
一杯
(いっぱい)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity; a lot; much; all of ...; the entire ...
丘
(おか)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
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.
掘る
(ほる)
to dig; to excavate; to hollow; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
道路
(どうろ)
road; highway
作る
(つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)