他の文化では、ボールには土、穀物、細々とした植物が、またときには金属片さえもがいっぱいに詰め込まれていたのです。

Sentence Analyzer

他の文化では、ぼーるには土、穀物、細々とした植物が、またときには金属片さえもがいっぱいに詰め込まれていたのです。

English Translation

In other cultures, the balls were filled with earth, grain, bits and pieces of plants, and sometimes even pieces of metal.

Furigana

他(た)の文化(ぶんか)では、ボールには土(ど)、穀物(こくもつ)、細々(こまごま)とした植物(しょくぶつ)が、またときには金属片(きんぞくへん)さえもがいっぱいに詰(つ)め込(こ)まれていたのです。

Romanji

Ta no bunka de wa, bo-ru ni wa do, kokumotsu, komagoma to shita shokubutsu ga, mata tokini wa kinzokuhen sae mo ga ippai ni tsumekomareteita no desu.

Words

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

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

文化 (ぶんか)

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

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.

は (は)

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

ホール (ホール)

hall (dance, concert, etc.); hole; whole; dining area of a restaurant

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

土 (ど、と)

Saturday; earth (third of the five elements); Turkey

穀物 (こくもつ)

grain; cereal; corn

細々 (こまごま)

minutely; in detail; with particular attention

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

植物 (しょくぶつ)

plant; vegetation

が (が)

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

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

金属片 (きんぞくへん)

piece of metal

さえ (さえ)

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

一杯 (いっぱい)

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity; a lot; much; all of ...; the entire ...

詰め込む (つめこむ)

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack; to crowd

です (です)

be; is