この動物は単にほうびが欲しいから、活動しているのにすぎないのだ。

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English Translation

This animal is just working for rewards.

Furigana

この動物(どうぶつ)は単(たん)にほうびが欲(ほ)しいから、活動(かつどう)しているのにすぎないのだ。

Romanji

Kono dōbutsu wa tanni hōbi ga hoshii kara, katsudōshiteiru no ni suginai no da.

Words

此の (この)

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

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

は (は)

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

単に (たんに)

simply; merely; only; solely

芳眉 (ほうび)

eyebrows of a beautiful woman

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

活動 (かつどう)

action; activity; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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

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

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...

だ (だ)

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