「お前、どこの子だ？」足に纏わりついてきたのは、小さな子猫だった。灰色の縞模様のふわふわした猫だ。

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English Translation

"Who do you belong to?" Wrapped around his feet was a small cat. It was a fluffy grey striped cat.

Furigana

「お前(まえ)、どこの子(こ)だ？」足(あし)に纏(まつ)わりついてきたのは、小(ちい)さな子猫(こねこ)だった。灰色(はいいろ)の縞(しま)模様(もよう)のふわふわした猫(ねこ)だ。

Romanji

" omae, doko no ko da?" ashi ni matsuwari tsuitekita no wa, chiisana koneko datta. haiiro no shima moyō no fuwafuwa shita neko da.

Words

お前 (おまえ、おまい、おめえ)

you (formerly honorific, now sometimes derog. term referring to an equal or inferior); presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

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

子 (こ)

child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; new shares; player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); bird egg; -er (often of young women)

だ (だ)

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

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

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

纏わる (まつわる)

to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

注ぐ (つぐ)

(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

は (は)

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

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

子猫 (こねこ)

kitten

灰色 (はいいろ)

grey; gray; ashen

縞 (しま)

stripe; bar; streak

模様 (もよう)

pattern; figure; design; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model; pattern; example; indicates that that noun seems likely (e.g. rain or storm)

フワフワ (フワフワ、ふわふわ)

lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; spongy; unsteadily; flightily; fickly; frivolously

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

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

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