Ａｓｐｏｔｏｆｓｈｕｔ－ｅｙｅは、また猫のいねむりともいわれている。猫は１度に２～３分しか寝ない癖があるからだ。

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English Translation

"A spot of shut-eye" is also called a cat nap because a cat is in the habit of sleeping only a few minutes at a time.

Furigana

Ａｓｐｏｔｏｆｓｈｕｔ－ｅｙｅは、また猫(ねこ)のいねむりともいわれている。猫(ねこ)は１度(ど)に２～３分(ふん)しか寝(ね)ない癖(くせ)があるからだ。

Romanji

Ei o-efu wa, mata neko no ine muritomoiwareteiru. neko wa ichi do ni ni san fun shika nenai kuse ga aru kara da.

Words

Ａ (エー、エイ)

A; a

Ｏ (オー)

O; o

Ｆ (エフ)

F; f

は (は)

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

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

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

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

稲 (いね)

rice-plant

一 (いち)

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

度 (ど)

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

寝る (ねる)

to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle

癖 (くせ、へき)

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

だ (だ)

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