３人の少年はさながら猿のように木に登った。

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English Translation

Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.

Furigana

３人(にん)の少年(しょうねん)はさながら猿(さる)のように木(き)に登(のぼ)った。

Romanji

San nin no shōnen wa sanagara saru no yōni ki ni nobotta.

Words

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

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

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

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

宛ら (さながら)

just like

猿 (さる、サル)

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; bathhouse prostitute

様に (ように)

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

木 (き)

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

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

上る (のぼる)

to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)