椅子に横たわる私に、歯科衛生士の女性が「はい、お口を開けてください」と言ったのです。

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English Translation

The woman dental hygienist said to me, lying down in the chair, "Right, please open your mouth."

Furigana

椅子(いす)に横(よこ)たわる私(わたし)に、歯科(しか)衛生士(えいせいし)の女性(じょせい)が「はい、お口(くち)を開(あ)けてください」と言(い)ったのです。

Romanji

Isu ni yokotawaru watashi ni, shika eiseishi no josei ga" hai, o kuchi o akete kudasai" to itta no desu.

Words

椅子 (いす)

chair; stool; post; office; position

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

横たわる (よこたわる)

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

歯科 (しか)

dentistry

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

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

はい (はい)

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; OK; okay; present; here; pardon?; what's that?; come again?; giddy-up; giddap

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

口 (くち)

mouth; opening; hole; gap; orifice; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; gate; door; entrance; exit; speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); taste; palate; mouth (to feed); opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; invitation; summons; kind; sort; type; opening (i.e. beginning); counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords

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.

開ける (はだける)

to open; to bare; to expose; to stretch

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

です (です)

be; is