鹿は木の葉のねぐらで眠った。

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鹿 は 木の葉 の ねぐら で 眠った 。

English Translation

The deer slept on a bed of leaves.

Furigana

鹿(しか)は木(こ)の葉(は)のねぐらで眠(ねむ)った。

Romanji

Shika wa konoha no negura de nemutta.

Words

鹿 (しか、かせぎ、か、ろく、シカ)

deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

は (は)

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

木の葉 (このは、きのは)

foliage; leaves of trees

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

塒 (ねぐら)

roost; nesting place

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.

眠る (ねむる、ねぶる)

to sleep (not necessarily lying down); to die; to close one's eyes

Kanji

鹿

Readings: ロク、 しか、 か

Meaning: deer

木

Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-

Meanings: tree, wood

葉

Readings: ヨウ、 は

Meanings: leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece

眠

Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い

Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy