犬は空腹の時、えさをがつがつ食べる。

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犬は空腹の時、えさをがつがつ食べる。

English Translation

When a dog is very hungry, it devours its food.

Furigana

犬(いぬ)は空腹(くうふく)の時(とき)、えさをがつがつ食(た)べる。

Romanji

Inu wa kūfuku no toki, esa o gatsugatsu taberu.

Words

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

は (は)

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

空腹 (くうふく)

hunger

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

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

餌 (えさ、え)

(animal) feed; fodder; bait; lure; enticement

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.

がつがつ (がつがつ、ガツガツ)

greedily; burning with desire for something

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on