おまえはどうして、百匹のねこ、千匹のねこ、百万匹、一億、一兆匹のねこといっしょに、食べられてしまわなかったのだね。？

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English Translation

How does it happen that you were not eaten up with all those hundreds and trillions of cats?

Furigana

おまえはどうして、百(ひゃく)匹(ひき)のねこ、千(せん)匹(ひき)のねこ、百(ひゃく)万(まん)匹(ひき)、一(いち)億(おく)、一(いち)兆(ちょう)匹(ひき)のねこといっしょに、食(た)べられてしまわなかったのだね。？

Romanji

Omae wa dōshite, hyaku hiki no neko, sen hiki no neko, hyaku man hiki, ichi oku, ichi chō hiki no neko to issho ni, taberareteshimawanakatta no da ne.?

Words

お前 (おまえ、おまい、おめえ)

you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior); presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

は (は)

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

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

百 (ひゃく、もも、はく)

100; hundred

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

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

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

千 (せん、ち)

1,000; thousand

万 (まん、よろず)

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; various

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

億 (おく)

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

兆 (ちょう)

10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication; portent

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

一所 (いっしょ、ひとところ)

one place; the same place; one person; together

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

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

だ (だ)

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

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not