お母さんはコーヒーカップの歴史について調べ始めた。
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English Translation
My mother looked up the history of coffee cups.
Furigana
お母 さんはコーヒーカップの歴史 について調 べ始 めた。
Romanji
Okāsan wa ko-hi- kappu no rekishi nitsuite shirabehajimeta.
Words
お母さん
(おかあさん)
mother
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
珈琲
(コーヒー、こーひー)
coffee
カップ
(カップ)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
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
歴史
(れきし)
history
に就いて
(について)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
調べる
(しらべる)
to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
Kanji
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: レキ、 レッキ
Meanings: curriculum, continuation, passage of time
Reading: シ
Meanings: history, chronicle
Readings: チョウ、 しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える
Meanings: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin