私の猫は一生懸命私のご機嫌をとろうとする。

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English Translation

My cat is very anxious to entertain me.

Furigana

私(わたし)の猫(ねこ)は一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)私(わたし)のご機嫌(きげん)をとろうとする。

Romanji

Watashi no neko wa isshōkenmei watashi no go kigen o torou to suru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

は (は)

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

一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい)

very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life

御 (ご)

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

機嫌 (きげん)

humour; humor; temper; mood; spirits; safety; health; well-being; one's situation; in a good mood; in high spirits; happy; cheery; merry; chipper

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.

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

と (と)

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

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