地図上のこの点々は何を表しているのですか。

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English Translation

What do these dots represent on the map?

Furigana

地図上(ちずじょう)のこの点々(てんてん)は何(なに)を表(あらわ)しているのですか。

Romanji

Chizujō no kono tenten wa nani o arawashiteiru no desu ka.

Words

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

点々 (てんてん)

here and there; little by little; sporadically; scattered in drops; dot; spot

は (は)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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.

現す (あらわす)

to reveal; to show; to display; to express; to represent; to signify; to stand for; to make widely known

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way