彼女の級友達は３５６羽の鶴を折り、千羽が彼女と一緒に埋葬された。

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English Translation

Her classmates folded three hundred and fifty-six cranes so that one thousand were buried with her.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)の級友達(きゅうゆうたち)は３５６羽(わ)の鶴(つる)を折(お)り、千羽(せんば)が彼女(かのじょ)と一緒(いっしょ)に埋葬(まいそう)された。

Romanji

Kanojo no kyūyūtachi wa san go roku wa no tsuru o ori, Senba ga kanojo to issho ni maisōsareta.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

は (は)

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

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

六 (ろく、む、むう)

six

羽 (わ、ば、ぱ)

counter for birds and rabbits

鶴 (つる、たず、ツル)

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

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.

折る (おる)

to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers); to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt; to end

が (が)

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

と (と)

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

一緒 (いっしょ)

together; at the same time; same; identical

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

埋葬 (まいそう)

burial