大魚は小魚を食う。
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English Translation
The great fish eat the small.
Furigana
Romanji
Dai sakana wa shō sakana o kuu.
Words
大
(おお)
big; large
魚
(さかな、うお)
fish
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
小
(しょう)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
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.
食う
(くう)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to survive; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; to consume time and-or resources; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time