記念碑の一番上で禎子が頭の上に金の鶴をかざしている。

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English Translation

On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head.

Furigana

記念碑(きねんひ)の一番上(いちばんじょう)で禎子(さだこ)が頭(あたま)の上(うえ)に金(きん)の鶴(つる)をかざしている。

Romanji

Kinenhi no ichibanjō de Sadako ga atama no ueni kin no tsuru o kazashiteiru.

Words

記念碑 (きねんひ)

commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)

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

一番上 (いちばんうえ)

topmost

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.

が (が)

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

頭 (あたま、かしら)

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

鶴 (つる、たず、ツル)

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

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.

翳す (かざす)

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold one's hands out (e.g. towards a fire); to shade one's eyes, face, etc.