母は１本の紐で３本の鉛筆を結わえた。

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母は１本の紐で３本の鉛筆を結わえた。

English Translation

Mother tied up three pencils with a piece of string.

Furigana

母(はは)は１本(ほん)の紐(ひも)で３本(ほん)の鉛筆(えんぴつ)を結(ゆ)わえた。

Romanji

Haha wa ichi hon no himo de san hon no enpitsu o yuwaeta.

Words

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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

紐 (ひも)

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman (such as a gigolo or, in the case of a prostitute, a pimp); pimp

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.

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

鉛筆 (えんぴつ)

pencil

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.

結わえる (ゆわえる)

to bind; to fasten; to tie up