「どうしたの？」「あのね、植木の枝の剪定をして欲しかったのよ」

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English Translation

"What is it?" "Well, you see, I wanted the shrubs pruned."

Furigana

「どうしたの？」「あのね、植木(うえき)の枝(えだ)の剪定(せんてい)をして欲(ほ)しかったのよ」

Romanji

" dō shita no?"" ano ne, ueki no eda no sentei o shite hoshikatta no yo"

Words

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

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

植木 (うえき)

garden shrubs; trees; potted plant

枝 (えだ)

branch; bow; bough; twig; limb

剪定 (せんてい)

pruning

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.

欲しい (ほしい)

wanted; wished for; in need of; desired; I want (you) to

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!