私は鉛筆を１０本買ったが、そのうち半分は弟に与える事になっていた。

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English Translation

I bought ten pencils, half of which were to be given to my brother.

Furigana

私(わたし)は鉛筆(えんぴつ)を１０本(ほん)買(か)ったが、そのうち半分(はんぶん)は弟(おとうと)に与(あた)える事(こと)になっていた。

Romanji

Watashi wa enpitsu o ichi zero hon katta ga, sonouchi hanbun wa otōto ni ataeru koto ni natteita.

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

鉛筆 (えんぴつ)

pencil

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.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

が (が)

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

その内 (そのうち)

before very long; soon; eventually; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned

半分 (はんぶん)

half

弟 (おとうと、おと、おとと、てい)

younger brother; little brother; kid brother; pupil; apprentice

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

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...