転校生は先生の鉛筆を削って機嫌をとった。

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English Translation

The new boy made up to his teacher by sharpening her pencils.

Furigana

転校生(てんこうせい)は先生(せんせい)の鉛筆(えんぴつ)を削(けず)って機嫌(きげん)をとった。

Romanji

Tenkōsei wa sensei no enpitsu o kezutte kigen o totta.

Words

転校生 (てんこうせい)

transfer student; student changing schools

は (は)

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

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

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

鉛筆 (えんぴつ)

pencil

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.

削る (けずる)

to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down; to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete

機嫌 (きげん)

humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits; safety; health; well-being; one's situation; in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)