母親は病気の子供の背中をさすった。

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母親は病気の子供の背中をさすった。

English Translation

The mother rubbed the sick child's back.

Furigana

母親(ははおや)は病気(びょうき)の子供(こども)の背中(せなか)をさすった。

Romanji

Hahaoya wa byōki no kodomo no senaka o sasutta.

Words

母親 (ははおや)

mother

は (は)

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

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

背中 (せなか)

back (of body)

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.

さ (さ)

-ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition); (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion; come; come now