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子供達は昆虫網を直していた。

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子供達 昆虫網 直していた

English Translation

The children were mending their butterfly-nets.

Furigana

子供達(こどもたち)昆虫網(こんちゅうもう)(なお)していた。

Romanji

Kodomotachi wa konchūmō o naoshiteita.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)
children
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
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.
治す (なおす)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: キョウ、 ク、 クウ、 グ、 そな.える、 とも、 -ども
Meanings: submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち
Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
Reading: コン
Meanings: descendants, elder brother, insect
Readings: チュウ、 キ、 むし
Meanings: insect, bug, temper
Readings: モウ、 あみ
Meanings: netting, network
Readings: チョク、 ジキ、 ジカ、 ただ.ちに、 なお.す、 -なお.す、 なお.る、 なお.き、 す.ぐ
Meanings: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair