ある日、子供達の一人が尋ねました。「赤ちゃんはどうやってできるの？」

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English Translation

One of the children asked one day: "Where do babies come from?"

Furigana

ある日(ひ)、子供達(こどもたち)の一(いち)人(にん)が尋(たず)ねました。「赤(あか)ちゃんはどうやってできるの？」

Romanji

Aru hi, kodomotachi no ichi nin ga tazunemashita." akachan wa dō yattedekiru no?"

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

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

一 (いち)

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

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

が (が)

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

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate

赤ちゃん (あかちゃん)

baby; infant

は (は)

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...