ウイリアム・テルは息子の頭の上のリンゴをねらって矢を射た。

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ウイリアム・テルは息子の頭の上のりんごをねらって矢を射た。

English Translation

William Tell shot an arrow at the apple on his son's head.

Furigana

ウイリアム・テルは息子(むすこ)の頭(あたま)の上(うえ)のリンゴをねらって矢(や)を射(い)た。

Romanji

Uiriamuteru wa musuko no atama no ue no ringo o neratte ya o ita.

Words

は (は)

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

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

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

頭 (あたま、かしら)

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

林檎 (りんご、へいか、ひょうか、りゅうごう、りんきん、りんき、リンゴ)

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

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.

狙う (ねらう)

to aim at

矢 (や、さ)

arrow; wedge; chock

射る (いる)

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)