小さな子供でもなければ、そんなことは信じないだろう。

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English Translation

None but little children would believe it.

Furigana

小(ちい)さな子供(こども)でもなければ、そんなことは信(しん)じないだろう。

Romanji

Chiisana kodomo de mo nakereba, sonna koto wa shinjinai darou.

Words

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

子供 (こども)

child; children

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

そんな (そんな)

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

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

は (は)

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

信じる (しんじる)

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative