合言葉は『山』です。誰かが「山」と言ったら「川」と返すのです。

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English Translation

The password is "Mountain". If someone says "Mountain", you reply "River".

Furigana

合言葉(あいことば)は『山(やま)』です。誰(だれ)かが「山(やま)」と言(い)ったら「川(かわ)」と返(かえ)すのです。

Romanji

Aikotoba wa yama desu. dareka ga" yama" to ittara" kawa" to kaesu no desu.

Words

合言葉 (あいことば)

password; watchword; motto; slogan

は (は)

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

山 (やま)

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; mountain climbing; mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall; wall tile; temple; temple grounds; wild

です (です)

be; is

誰か (だれか)

someone; somebody

が (が)

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

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

返す (かえす)

to return (something); to restore; to put back; to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn; to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate; to repeat ...; to do ... back

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