目を閉じて片足で１分間立っていられますか。

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English Translation

Can you keep standing on one of your legs with closed eyes for a minute?

Furigana

目(め)を閉(と)じて片足(かたあし)で１分間(ふんかん)立(た)っていられますか。

Romanji

Me o tojite kataashi de ichi funkan tatteiraremasu ka.

Words

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

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.

閉じる (とじる)

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

片足 (かたあし)

one leg; one-legged

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.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

分間 (ふんかん)

~ minutes interval

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way