職人たちははしごを昇ったり降りたりしていた。

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職人たち はしご 昇っ たり 降り たり していた

English Translation

The workmen were climbing up and down the ladder.

Furigana

職人(しょくにん)たちははしごを(のぼ)ったり()りたりしていた。

Romanji

Shokunintachi wa hashigo o nobo tari ori tari shiteita.

Words

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
梯子 (はしご、ていし、ハシゴ)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
()
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.
上る (のぼる)
to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)
たり (たり、だり)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action
降りる (おりる)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
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

Kanji

Readings: ショク、 ソク
Meanings: post, employment, work
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ショウ、 のぼ.る
Meaning: rise up
Readings: コウ、 ゴ、 お.りる、 お.ろす、 ふ.る、 ふ.り、 くだ.る、 くだ.す
Meanings: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender