誰が最初にエベレストの山頂に辿り着いたのですか。

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English Translation

Who first reached the summit of Mt. Everest?

Furigana

誰(だれ)が最初(さいしょ)にエベレストの山頂(さんちょう)に辿(たど)り着(き)いたのですか。

Romanji

Dare ga saisho ni eberesuto no sanchō ni tadori kiita no desu ka.

Words

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

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

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

山頂 (さんちょう)

summit (e.g. mountain)

辿る (たどる)

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

着る (きる)

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)

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