「またまた、なんでそんなことするの？」もう片方の女性が聞いた。

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「 また また 、 なんで そんな こと する の ？ 」 もう 片方 の 女性 が 聞いた 。

English Translation

"Why in the world would you do that?" the other asked.

Furigana

「またまた、なんでそんなことするの？」もう片方(かたほう)の女性(じょせい)が聞(き)いた。

Romanji

" mata mata, nande sonna koto suru no?" mō katahō no josei ga kiita.

Words

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

何で (なんで)

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

そんな (そんな)

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

片方 (かたほう)

one side; one party; counterpart; the other side; the other party; one of a pair; fellow; mate

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

が (が)

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

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

Kanji

片

Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた

Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

女

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め

Meanings: woman, female

性

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 さが

Meanings: sex, gender, nature

聞

Readings: ブン、 モン、 き.く、 き.こえる

Meanings: hear, ask, listen