彼女は天井からぶら下がっている自分の鶴の群に目をやった。これは兄の雅弘が禎子のためにつるしてくれたものだった。

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English Translation

She looked at her flight of cranes hanging from the ceiling, which her brother Masahiro had hung there for her.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は天井(てんじょう)からぶら下(さ)がっている自分(じぶん)の鶴(つる)の群(ぐん)に目(め)をやった。これは兄(あに)の雅(まさ)弘(ひろし)が禎子(さだこ)のためにつるしてくれたものだった。

Romanji

Kanojo wa tenjō kara burasagatteiru jibun no tsuru no gun ni me o yatta. kore wa ani no Masa Hiroshi ga Sadako no tameni tsurushitekureta mono datta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

天井 (てんじょう)

ceiling; ceiling price

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

ぶら下がる (ぶらさがる)

to hang from; to dangle; to swing

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

鶴 (つる、たず、ツル)

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

群 (ぐん)

group; bunch; crowd; throng; swarm; band; group

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

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

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.

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

雅 (が)

elegance; grace; festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)

が (が)

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

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

吊るす (つるす)

to hang; to hang up

者 (もの、もん)

person