少女はうれしさのあまり小躍りした。
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English Translation
The girl danced for joy.
Furigana
Romanji
Shōjo wa ureshisa no amari koodori shita.
Words
少女
(しょうじょ、おとめ)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
嬉しい
(うれしい)
happy; glad; pleasant
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
余り
(あまり、あんまり)
remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over
小躍り
(こおどり)
dancing or jumping for joy
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