子供たちは月夜に踊るひなぎくを見ることができませんでした。

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English Translation

The children failed to see the daisies dancing in the moonlight.

Furigana

子供(こども)たちは月夜(つきよ)に踊(おど)るひなぎくを見(み)ることができませんでした。

Romanji

Kodomotachi wa tsukiyo ni odoru hina giku o miru koto ga dekimasen deshita.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

は (は)

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

月夜 (つきよ)

moonlit night

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

踊る (おどる)

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

雛 (ひよこ、ひな、ひよっこ、ヒナ)

young bird; chick; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival; green; wet behind the ears; juvenile

疑懼 (ぎく)

apprehension; uneasiness

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

デス (デス)

death