迷子の子が交番でしくしく泣いていた。

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迷子の子が交番でしくしく泣いていた。

English Translation

A lost child was sobbing at the police box.

Furigana

迷子(まいご)の子(こ)が交番(こうばん)でしくしく泣(な)いていた。

Romanji

Maigo no ko ga kōban de shikushiku naiteita.

Words

迷子 (まいご)

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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

子 (こ)

child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; new shares; player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); bird egg; -er (often of young women)

が (が)

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

交番 (こうばん)

police box; small neighborhood police station; alternation; alternating (e.g. current)

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.

しくしく (しくしく)

weeping; sobbing; crying; with a dull pain; prolonged dull pain

泣く (なく)

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl