私が庭へおりていくと、二人の少女がひなぎくをつんでいた。

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English Translation

When I went down to the garden, two little girls were picking daisies.

Furigana

私(わたし)が庭(にわ)へおりていくと、二(に)人(にん)の少女(しょうじょ)がひなぎくをつんでいた。

Romanji

Watashi ga niwa e oriteiku to, ni nin no shōjo ga hina giku o tsundeita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

庭 (にわ)

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

と (と)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

雛 (ひよこ、ひな、ひよっこ、ヒナ)

young bird; chick; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival; green; wet behind the ears; juvenile

疑懼 (ぎく)

apprehension; uneasiness

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.

詰む (つむ)

to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to reach the limits