古い木箱がテーブルの役目をした。

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古い 木箱 が テーブル の 役目 を した 。

English Translation

An old wooden box served as table.

Furigana

古(ふる)い木箱(きばこ)がテーブルの役目(やくめ)をした。

Romanji

Furui kibako ga te-buru no yakume o shita.

Words

古い (ふるい)

old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

木箱 (きばこ)

wooden box

が (が)

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

テーブル (テーブル)

table

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

役目 (やくめ)

duty; business; role

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.

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

Kanji

古

Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す

Meaning: old

木

Readings: ボク、 モク、 き、 こ-

Meanings: tree, wood

箱

Readings: ソウ、 はこ

Meanings: box, chest, case, bin, railway car

役

Readings: ヤク、 エキ

Meanings: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor