田中さんの特徴的な癖毛が耳の裏で跳ねている。

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English Translation

Mrs Tanaka's characteristic curly hair was sticking up behind her ear.

Furigana

田中(たなか)さんの特徴的(とくちょうてき)な癖(くせ)毛(け)が耳(みみ)の裏(うら)で跳(は)ねている。

Romanji

Tanaka san no tokuchōteki na kuse ke ga mimi no ura de haneteiru.

Words

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

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

特徴的 (とくちょうてき)

characteristic

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

癖 (くせ、へき)

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink

毛 (け)

hair; fur; wool; down; plumage; feathers

が (が)

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

耳 (みみ)

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

裏 (うら)

bottom (or another side that is hidden from view); undersurface; opposite side; reverse side; rear; back; behind (the house); lining; inside; out of sight; behind the scenes; proof; opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.); bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

跳ねる (はねる)

to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop; to break up; to close; to come to an end; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)