子供たちは自分たち自身の遊びを考え出す傾向があった。

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English Translation

Children were apt to invent their own games.

Furigana

子供(こども)たちは自分(じぶん)たち自身(じしん)の遊(あそ)びを考(かんが)え出(だ)す傾向(けいこう)があった。

Romanji

Kodomotachi wa jibuntachi jishin no asobi o kangaedasu keikō ga atta.

Words

子供達 (こどもたち)

children

は (は)

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

自身 (じしん)

by oneself; personally

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

遊び (あそび)

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

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.

考え出す (かんがえだす)

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about