彼は手押し車に小さなピアノをのせて、そのピアノの上に一匹のみすぼらしいやせたサルを座らせていました。

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彼は手押し車に小さなピアノをのせて、そのピアノの上に一匹のみすぼらしいやせたさるを座らせていました。

English Translation

He had a little piano on wheels, and a poor thin monkey which sat on top of it.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は手押(ておしゃ)し車()に小(ちい)さなピアノをのせて、そのピアノの上(うえ)に一(いち)匹(ひき)のみすぼらしいやせたサルを座(すわ)らせていました。

Romanji

Kare wa teoshisha ni chiisana piano o nosete, sono piano no ueni ichi hiki no misuborashii yaseta saru o suwaraseteimashita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

手押し車 (ておしぐるま)

handcart; wheelbarrow

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

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

ピアノ (ピアノ、ピヤノ)

piano

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.

乗せる (のせる)

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up; to help on board; to load (luggage); to carry; to take on board; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive; to take for a ride; to (sing) along with (musical accompaniment); to let (someone) take part; to excite (someone); to publish (an article); to run (an ad)

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...

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

一 (いち)

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

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

見窄らしい (みすぼらしい)

shabby; seedy

痩せる (やせる)

to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile

猿 (さる、サル)

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook; bathhouse prostitute

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still