日本人にとって、１人で眠っているアメリカの子供は孤独に見える。

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English Translation

To Japanese, an American baby sleeping by himself seems lonely.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)にとって、１人(にん)で眠(ねむ)っているアメリカの子供(こども)は孤独(こどく)に見(み)える。

Romanji

Nipponjin nitotte, ichi nin de nemutteiru Amerika no kodomo wa kodoku ni mieru.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

一 (いち)

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

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

で (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.

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

は (は)

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

孤独 (こどく)

isolation; loneliness; solitude

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

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)