赤ん坊は背が低くて引き出しに手が届かない。

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English Translation

The baby is too short to get at the drawer.

Furigana

赤(あか)ん坊(ぼう)は背(せ)が低(ひく)くて引(ひ)き出(だ)しに手(て)が届(とど)かない。

Romanji

Akanbō wa se ga hikukute hikidashi ni te ga todokanai.

Words

赤ん坊 (あかんぼう、あかんぼ)

baby; infant

は (は)

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

背 (せい)

height; stature

が (が)

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

低い (ひくい)

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

引き出す (ひきだす)

to pull out; to take out; to draw out; to withdraw

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

届く (とどく)

to reach; to arrive; to get through; to get at; to be attentive; to pay attention; to be delivered; to carry (e.g. sound)