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お宮参りで訪れた大西幸治さん(40)、由希恵さん(34)夫妻は「子どもが健やかに育つことを祈りました」と話していた。

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宮参り 訪れた 大西 幸治 さん ( 40 )、 由希 さん ( 34 ) 夫妻 子ども 健やか 育つ こと 祈りました 話していた

English Translation

The couple who came on a shrine visit, Kouji Oonishi (40) and his wife Yukie (34) said, "We prayed that our child would grow up healthily."

Furigana

宮参(みやまい)りで(おとず)れた大西(おおにし)幸治(こうじ)さん(40)、由希(ゆき)(めぐみ)さん(34)夫妻(ふさい)は「()どもが(すこ)やかに(そだ)つことを(いの)りました」と(はな)していた。

Romanji

O miyamairi de otozureta Ōnishi Kōji san 40 , Yuki Megumi san 34 fusai wa" kodomo ga sukoyaka ni sodatsu koto o inorimashita" to hanashiteita.

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
宮参り (みやまいり)
shrine visit
(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.
訪れる (おとずれる、おとづれる)
to visit; to call on; to arrive; to come; to appear
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
夫妻 (ふさい)
man and wife; married couple
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
子供 (こども)
child; children
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
健やか (すこやか)
vigorous; healthy; sound
()
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
育つ (そだつ)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
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.
祈る (いのる)
to pray; to wish
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
話す (はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

Kanji

Readings: キュウ、 グウ、 ク、 クウ、 みや
Meanings: Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
Readings: サン、 シン、 まい.る、 まい-、 まじわる、 みつ
Meanings: nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in
Readings: ホウ、 おとず.れる、 たず.ねる、 と.う
Meanings: call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
西
Readings: セイ、 サイ、 ス、 にし
Meanings: west, Spain
Readings: コウ、 さいわ.い、 さち、 しあわ.せ
Meanings: happiness, blessing, fortune
Readings: ジ、 チ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる、 なお.る、 なお.す
Meanings: reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る
Meanings: wherefore, a reason
Readings: キ、 ケ、 まれ
Meanings: hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
Readings: ケイ、 エ、 めぐ.む、 めぐ.み
Meanings: favor, blessing, grace, kindness
Readings: フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings: husband, man
Readings: サイ、 つま
Meanings: wife, spouse
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: ケン、 すこ.やか
Meanings: healthy, health, strength, persistence
Readings: イク、 そだ.つ、 そだ.ち、 そだ.てる、 はぐく.む
Meanings: bring up, grow up, raise, rear
Readings: キ、 いの.る
Meanings: pray, wish
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk