僕は、黄色い粉末を白い粉末と混ぜて茶色の粉末にしたり、結晶を粉末と混ぜてほこりにしたり、液体を固体と結合させて、泥を作ったりなどあれこれやってみたのだ。

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English Translation

I tried this and that, blending yellow with white powders and obtaining brown, mixing crystals with powders and getting dust, combining liquids with solids and making mud.

Furigana

僕(ぼく)は、黄色(きいろ)い粉末(ふんまつ)を白(しろ)い粉末(ふんまつ)と混(ま)ぜて茶色(ちゃいろ)の粉末(ふんまつ)にしたり、結晶(けっしょう)を粉末(ふんまつ)と混(ま)ぜてほこりにしたり、液体(えきたい)を固体(こたい)と結合(けつごう)させて、泥(どろ)を作(つく)ったりなどあれこれやってみたのだ。

Romanji

Boku wa, kiiroi funmatsu o shiroi funmatsu to mazete chairo no funmatsu ni shi tari, kesshō o funmatsu to mazete hokori ni shi tari, ekitai o kotai to ketsugōsasete, doro o tsuku tari nado arekore yattemita no da.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

黄色い (きいろい)

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

粉末 (ふんまつ)

fine powder

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.

白い (しろい)

white

と (と)

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

混ぜる (まぜる)

to mix; to stir; to blend

茶色 (ちゃいろ)

light brown; tawny

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

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

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

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

結晶 (けっしょう)

crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

埃 (ほこり、ホコリ、あい)

dust; one ten-billionth

液体 (えきたい)

liquid; fluid

固体 (こたい)

solid (body); solid matter; solid-state

結合 (けつごう)

combination; union; binding; catenation; coupling; joining; bond

泥 (どろ)

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; mire; thief

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

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

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative