小さな犬の飼い主は首を捕まえてしかりつけました。

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English Translation

The owner of the small dog gripped its neck and scolded it.

Furigana

小(ちい)さな犬(いぬ)の飼(か)い主(ぬし)は首(くび)を捕(つか)まえてしかりつけました。

Romanji

Chiisana inu no kainushi wa kubi o tsukamaete shikaritsukemashita.

Words

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

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

飼い主 (かいぬし)

shepherd; (pet) owner

は (は)

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

首 (くび、クビ)

neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)

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.

捕まえる (つかまえる)

to catch; to arrest; to seize

叱り付ける (しかりつける)

to rebuke; to scold harshly