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少年は木の皮をはいだ。

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少年 はいだ

English Translation

The boy stripped a tree of the bark.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)()(かわ)をはいだ。

Romanji

Shōnen wa ki no kawa o haida.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
()
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
(かわ)
skin; hide; pelt; fur; rind; peel; husk; bark; shell; sheath; wrapping; mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming
()
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.
掃く (はく)
to sweep; to brush; to gather up

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-
Meanings: tree, wood
Readings: ヒ、 かわ
Meanings: pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)