クモはそこで、チョウとかトンボといった小さな昆虫が罠にかかるのを待つ。

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くもはそこで、ちょうとかトンボといった小さな昆虫が罠にかかるのを待つ。

English Translation

There the spider waits for small insects like butterflies and dragonflies to be trapped.

Furigana

クモはそこで、チョウとかトンボといった小(ちい)さな昆虫(こんちゅう)が罠(わな)にかかるのを待(ま)つ。

Romanji

Kumo wa sokode, chō toka Tonbo toitta chiisana konchū ga wana ni kakaru no o matsu.

Words

蜘蛛 (くも、ちちゅ、ちちゅう、ちしゅ、クモ)

spider

は (は)

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

其処で (そこで)

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

蝶 (ちょう、チョウ)

butterfly

とか (とか)

among other things; such things as; or something like that

蜻蛉 (とんぼ、とんぼう、せいれい、トンボ)

dragonfly; damselfly

と言った (といった)

such ... as; or some such

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

昆虫 (こんちゅう)

insect; bug

が (が)

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

罠 (わな)

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

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

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.

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need