ワタシは背が低いので棚の上まで見られないのでほぼ手探りで拭くわけです。

Sentence Analyzer

わたしは背が低いので棚の上まで見られないのでほぼ手探りで拭くわけです。

English Translation

I'm short, so I can't see on top of the shelves and so I pretty much dust by touch.

Furigana

ワタシは背(せ)が低(ひく)いので棚(たな)の上(うえ)まで見(み)られないのでほぼ手探(てさぐ)りで拭(ふ)くわけです。

Romanji

Wata shi wa se ga hikui node tana no ue made mirarenai node hobo tesaguri de fuku wake desu.

Words

綿 (わた)

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

梓 (あずさ、し、アズサ)

Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium

は (は)

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

背 (せい)

height; stature

が (が)

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

低い (ひくい)

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

棚 (たな)

shelf; shelves; ledge; rack; trellis

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

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

略 (ほぼ)

almost; roughly; approximately

手探り (てさぐり)

fumbling; groping

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

拭く (ふく)

to wipe; to dry

訳 (わけ)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

です (です)

be; is