試験管を壊したり、おもしろ半分に化学製品をあれこれいじって遊んだが、時には、教師の指示になんとか従って、ずっと以前に他の人々が試みた実験を繰り返すこともした。

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English Translation

Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.

Furigana

試験管(しけんかん)を壊(こわ)したり、おもしろ半分(はんぶん)に化学(かがく)製品(せいひん)をあれこれいじって遊(あそ)んだが、時(とき)には、教師(きょうし)の指示(しじ)になんとか従(したが)って、ずっと以前(いぜん)に他(た)の人々(ひとびと)が試(こころ)みた実験(じっけん)を繰(く)り返(かえ)すこともした。

Romanji

Shikenkan o kowashi tari, omoshiro hanbun ni kagaku seihin o arekore ijitte asonda ga, tokini wa, kyōshi no shiji ni nantoka shitagatte, zutto izen ni ta no hitobito ga kokoromita jikken o kurikaesu koto mo shita.

Words

試験管 (しけんかん)

test tube

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.

壊す (こわす)

to break; to destroy; to demolish; to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage; to break (a bill, etc.)

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

面白い (おもしろい)

interesting; amusing

半分 (はんぶん)

half

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

化学 (かがく、ばけがく)

chemistry; chemical company (e.g. Acme Chemical Co.)

製品 (せいひん)

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

彼此 (あれこれ、かれこれ)

one thing or another; this and that; this or that; just on; around; about; nearly; roughly; almost; round about

弄る (いじる、まさぐる)

to touch; to tamper with; to grope about; to feel for something

遊ぶ (あそぶ、あすぶ)

to play; to enjoy oneself; to have a good time; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused; to go to (for pleasure or for study); to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration

が (が)

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

は (は)

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

教師 (きょうし)

teacher (classroom)

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

指示 (しじ)

indication; instruction; designation; directions

何とか (なんとか)

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

従う (したがう)

to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

以前 (いぜん)

ago; since; before; previous

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

試みる (こころみる)

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

実験 (じっけん)

experiment

繰り返す (くりかえす)

to repeat; to do something over again

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

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to