ある話によると、お金はあちらこちら転がることができるように丸かった。

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English Translation

According to one story, the money was round so that it could roll from place to place.

Furigana

ある話(はなし)によると、お金(かね)はあちらこちら転(ころ)がることができるように丸(まる)かった。

Romanji

Aru hanashi ni yoru to, okane wa achira kochira korogaru koto ga dekiru yōni marukatta.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

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

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at

と (と)

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

お金 (おかね)

money

は (は)

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

彼方 (あちら、あっち、あち)

that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder; that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that; that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener); there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

此方 (こちら、こっち、こち)

this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction; here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is); this one (something physically close to the speaker); I; me; we; us; this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

転がる (ころがる)

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be common; (of a situation or outcome) to change; to turn out

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

丸い (まるい、まろい)

round; circular; spherical; harmonious; calm