１９８７年１０月のある朝、スティーブン・ホーキングは自分のコンピューターの前に座っていた。

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English Translation

One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer.

Furigana

１９８７年(ねん)１０月(じゅうがつ)のある朝(あさ)、スティーブン・ホーキングは自分(じぶん)のコンピューターの前(まえ)に座(すわ)っていた。

Romanji

Ichi kyū hachi nana nen jūgatsu no aru asa, Suthi-Bun Ho-Kingu wa jibun no konpyu-ta- no mae ni suwatteita.

Words

一 (いち)

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

九 (きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)

nine

八 (はち、や)

eight

七 (しち、なな、な)

seven; hepta-

年 (とし)

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

十月 (じゅうがつ)

October

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

朝 (あさ、あした)

morning

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)

computer

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still