机の上に一冊の本がありましたか。

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机の上に一冊の本がありましたか。

English Translation

Was there a book on the desk?

Furigana

机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に一(いち)冊(さつ)の本(ほん)がありましたか。

Romanji

Tsukue no ueni ichi satsu no hon ga arimashita ka.

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

一 (いち)

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

冊 (さつ)

counter for books; volume

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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

一

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

冊

Readings: サツ、サク、ふみ

Meanings: tome, counter for books, volume

本

Readings: ホン、もと

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