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農民が穀物の種を蒔いた。

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農民 穀物 蒔いた

English Translation

The peasant scattered the seeds of grain.

Furigana

農民(のうみん)穀物(こくもつ)(たね)()いた。

Romanji

Nōmin ga kokumotsu no tane o maita.

Words

農民 (のうみん)
farmers; peasants
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
穀物 (こくもつ)
grain; cereal; corn
()
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
(たね)
seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story
()
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.
蒔く (まく)
to sow; to plant; to seed; to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

Kanji

Reading: ノウ
Meanings: agriculture, farmers
Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects
Reading: コク
Meanings: cereals, grain
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: シュ、 たね、 -ぐさ
Meanings: species, kind, class, variety, seed
Readings: シ、 ジ、 う.える、 まく
Meaning: sow (seeds)