森のほかの動物たちもみにきて月明かりの下、夜どおしかれらは、おどりました。

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English Translation

The other animals of the forest came to watch the wedding dance, and they, too, danced all night in the moonlight.

Furigana

森(もり)のほかの動物(どうぶつ)たちもみにきて月明(つきあ)かりの下(した)、夜(よ)どおしかれらは、おどりました。

Romanji

Mori no hoka no dōbutsutachi momi ni kite tsukiakari no shita, yodōshi karera wa, odorimashita.

Words

森 (もり)

forest; shrine grove

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

他 (ほか)

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...

籾 (もみ)

unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff

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

抉る (えぐる、くる)

to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

月灯かり (つきあかり)

moonlight

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

夜通し (よどおし)

all night; throughout the night

は (は)

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

躍る (おどる)

to jump; to leap; to pound (of one's heart, i.e. with excitement); to throb; to be messily written