毎週火曜日には、先生のころころした小さな指がピアノの鍵盤をあちこちと鳥のように飛びはねていました。

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English Translation

Every Tuesday her fat little fingers flew like birds up and down the keys of song too.

Furigana

毎週(まいしゅう)火曜日(かようび)には、先生(せんせい)のころころした小(ちい)さな指(ゆび)がピアノの鍵盤(けんばん)をあちこちと鳥(とり)のように飛(と)びはねていました。

Romanji

Maishū kayōbi ni wa, sensei no koro koroshita chiisana yubi ga piano no kenban o achikochi to tori no yōni tobi haneteimashita.

Words

毎週 (まいしゅう)

every week

火曜日 (かようび)

Tuesday

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

は (は)

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

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

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

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

殺す (ころす)

to kill

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

指 (ゆび、および、おゆび)

finger; toe; digit

が (が)

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

ピアノ (ピアノ、ピヤノ)

piano

鍵盤 (けんばん)

keyboard (e.g. piano, computer)

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.

彼方此方 (あちこち、あちらこちら、あっちこっち、かなたこなた、あなたこなた、アチコチ)

here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

鳥 (とり)

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

撥ねる (はねる)

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to refuse; to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out; to flip; to splash; to splatter; to decapitate; to behead; to jump up; to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)