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農夫は荷馬車の上へ干し草を放り上げた。

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農夫 荷馬車 干し草 放り上げた

English Translation

The farmer pitched the hay onto the wagon.

Furigana

農夫(のうふ)荷馬車(にうましゃ)(うえ)()(くさ)(ほう)()げた。

Romanji

Nōfu wa niumasha no ue e hoshikusa o hōriageta.

Words

農夫 (のうふ)
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
荷馬車 (にばしゃ)
wagon; dray; cart
()
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
(うえ)
above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
()
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
干し草 (ほしくさ、ほしぐさ、かんそう)
hay; dry grass
()
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.
放る (ほうる、ほる)
to throw; to toss; to fling; to throw away; to discard; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished

Kanji

Reading: ノウ
Meanings: agriculture, farmers
Readings: フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings: husband, man
Readings: カ、 に
Meanings: baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
Readings: バ、 うま、 うま-、 ま
Meaning: horse
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: カン、 ほ.す、 ほ.し-、 -ぼ.し、 ひ.る
Meanings: dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede
Readings: ソウ、 くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
Meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Readings: ホウ、 はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る
Meanings: set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate