こんなふうにして彼らは象を生け捕りにする。

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English Translation

This is how they catch an elephant alive.

Furigana

こんなふうにして彼(かれ)らは象(ぞう)を生(い)け捕(ど)りにする。

Romanji

Konna fū ni shite karera wa zō o ikedori ni suru.

Words

こんな (こんな)

such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this

風 (ふう)

method; manner; way; style; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); wind (one of the five elements)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

象 (ぞう)

elephant

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.

生け捕り (いけどり)

capturing something alive; something captured alive

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

象

Readings: ショウ、ゾウ、かたど.る

Meanings: elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

捕

Readings: ホ、と.らえる、と.らわれる、と.る、とら.える、とら.われる、つか.まえる、つか.まる

Meanings: catch, capture