その本を机の上に戻しておいた方がいいですよ。というのは所有者がそこへ戻ってくるでしょうから。

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English Translation

You had better put the book back on the desk, for the owner will come back there.

Furigana

その本(ほん)を机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に戻(もど)しておいた方(ほう)がいいですよ。というのは所有者(しょゆうしゃ)がそこへ戻(もど)ってくるでしょうから。

Romanji

Sono hon o tsukue no ueni modoshiteoita hō ga ii desu yo. toiu no wa shoyūsha ga soko e modottekuru deshō kara.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

机 (つくえ、つき)

desk

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

戻す (もどす)

to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand); to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

です (です)

be; is

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

は (は)

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

所有者 (しょゆうしゃ)

owner

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

デス (デス)

death

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