１匹のキリギリスと多くのアリが野原に住んでいた。

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１匹のキリギリスと多くのありが野原に住んでいた。

English Translation

A grasshopper and many ants lived in a field.

Furigana

１匹(ひき)のキリギリスと多(おお)くのアリが野原(のはら)に住(す)んでいた。

Romanji

Ichi hiki no kirigirisu to ōku no ari ga nohara ni sundeita.

Words

一 (いち)

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

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

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

螽斯 (きりぎりす、キリギリス)

Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); long-horned grasshopper; cricket

と (と)

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

蟻 (あり、アリ)

ant

が (が)

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

野原 (のはら)

field

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide