私は床のほこりを掃除機で吸い取った。

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私は床のほこりを掃除機で吸い取った。

English Translation

I sucked up the dust on the floor with a vacuum cleaner.

Furigana

私(わたし)は床(ゆか)のほこりを掃除機(そうじき)で吸(す)い取(と)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa yuka no hokori o sōjiki de suitotta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

床 (とこ)

bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat; floor

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

埃 (ほこり、ホコリ、あい)

dust; one ten-billionth

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.

掃除機 (そうじき)

cleaner (usu. vacuum cleaner)

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.

吸い取る (すいとる)

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)