彼らは少しの間どうしたものか考えていたけど、どうしたらいいか考えて一日中費やすわけにもいかないでしょう。そこで最後にはもう一つのグラスも持ち上げたわ。そしたらまた水が床一面にこぼれたわけ。

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彼らは少しの間どうしたものか考えていたけど、どうしたらいいか考えて一日中費やすわけにもいかないでしょう。そこで最後にはもう一つのぐらすも持ち上げたわ。そしたらまた水が床一面にこぼれたわけ。

English Translation

They studied it a little bit, but they couldn't spend all day finding out what to do, so they finally picked up the other one, and the water went out again, all over the floor.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは少(すこ)しの間(ま)どうしたものか考(かんが)えていたけど、どうしたらいいか考(かんが)えて一(いち)日中(にちちゅう)費(つい)やすわけにもいかないでしょう。そこで最後(さいご)にはもう一(ひと)つのグラスも持(も)ち上(あ)げたわ。そしたらまた水(みず)が床(ゆか)一(いち)面(めん)にこぼれたわけ。

Romanji

Karera wa sukoshi no ma dō shita mono ka kangaeteita kedo, dō shitara ii ka kangaete ichi nichichū tsuiyasu wake ni mo ikanai deshō. sokode saigo ni wa mō hitotsu no gurasu mo mochiageta wa. soshitara mata mizu ga yuka ichi men ni koboreta wake.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日中 (にっちゅう、ひなか)

daytime; during the day; Sino-Japanese

費やす (ついやす)

to spend; to expend; to consume; to waste; to squander; to throw away; to devote

訳 (わけ)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

デス (デス)

death

其処で (そこで)

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

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)

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

クラス (クラス)

class

持ち上げる (もちあげる)

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

わ (わ)

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; wah!; boo!

そしたら (そしたら)

then

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

が (が)

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

床 (とこ)

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor

面 (めん)

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect; facet; side; chamfer; counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

零れる (こぼれる)

to spill; to fall out of; to overflow; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)