小さな子供は、私たち大人が当然と思っていることをいつも尋ねる。

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English Translation

Little children always question things we adults take for granted.

Furigana

小(ちい)さな子供(こども)は、私(わたし)たち大人(おとな)が当然(とうぜん)と思(おも)っていることをいつも尋(たず)ねる。

Romanji

Chiisana kodomo wa, watashitachi otona ga tōzen to omotteiru koto o itsumo tazuneru.

Words

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

子供 (こども)

child; children

は (は)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

大人 (おとな、だいにん)

adult

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

当然 (とうぜん)

natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate