近い距離を伝えるのにはくるくる輪を描きながら踊り、もっと遠い距離を示すには体を揺すったり、前後に飛んだりする。

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English Translation

They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.

Furigana

近(ちか)い距離(きょり)を伝(つた)えるのにはくるくる輪(わ)を描(えが)きながら踊(おど)り、もっと遠(とお)い距離(きょり)を示(しめ)すには体(からだ)を揺(ゆ)すったり、前後(ぜんご)に飛(と)んだりする。

Romanji

Chikai kyori o tsutaeru no ni wa kurukuru wa o egaki nagara odori, motto tōi kyori o shimesu ni wa karada o yusu tari, zengo ni ton dari suru.

Words

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

距離 (きょり)

distance; range

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.

伝える (つたえる)

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

は (は)

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

くるくる (くるくる、クルクル)

whirling; revolving; spinning; going round and round; coiling around; winding around; rolling around; working tirelessly; working hard; constantly changing

輪 (わ)

ring; circle; loop; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

描く (えがく、かく)

to draw; to paint; to sketch; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

踊る (おどる)

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

遠い (とおい)

far; distant

示す (しめす)

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

揺 (ゆり)

vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

前後 (ぜんご)

front and rear; front and back; before and behind; before and after; order; context; consequences; inversion; reversion; getting out of order; co-occurring; around; about; approximately; nearly

飛ぶ (とぶ)

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop

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