赤ん坊のほっぺたはビロードのような手触りがする。
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English Translation
Little babies' cheeks feel like velvet.
Furigana
Romanji
Akanbō no hoppeta wa biro-do no yōna tezawari ga suru.
Words
赤ん坊
(あかんぼう、あかんぼ)
baby; infant
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
頬っぺた
(ほっぺた)
cheek
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
天鵞絨
(びろうど、てんがじゅう、ビロード)
velvet
様だ
(ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
手触り
(てざわり)
feel; touch
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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