机の上に舞踏についての本がある。

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机の上に舞踏についての本がある。

English Translation

There is a book on dancing on the desk.

Furigana

机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に舞踏(ぶとう)についての本(ほん)がある。

Romanji

Tsukue no ueni butō nitsuite no hon ga aru.

Words

机 (つくえ、つき)

desk

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

舞踏 (ぶとう)

dancing; contemporary performance dance

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

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

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

机

Readings: キ、つくえ

Meanings: desk, table

上

Readings: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン、うえ、 -うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、 -あ.げる、あ.がる、 -あ.がる、あ.がり、 -あ.がり、のぼ.る、のぼ.り、のぼ.せる、のぼ.す、よ.す

Meanings: above, up

舞

Readings: ブ、ま.う、 -ま.う、まい

Meanings: dance, flit, circle, wheel

踏

Readings: トウ、ふ.む、ふ.まえる

Meanings: step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment

本

Readings: ホン、もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things