この踏台を使えばクローゼットの上に手が届くよ。

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English Translation

If you stand on this stool, you can reach the top of the closet.

Furigana

この踏台(ふみだい)を使(つか)えばクローゼットの上(うえ)に手(て)が届(とど)くよ。

Romanji

Kono fumidai o tsukaeba Kuro-Zetto no ueni te ga todoku yo.

Words

此の (この)

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

踏み台 (ふみだい)

stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (figurative) stepping stone

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.

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

クローゼット (クローゼット、クロゼット)

closet

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

が (が)

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

届く (とどく)

to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at; to be attentive; to pay attention; to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound)

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!