科学者はなぜ空が青いのかいろいろな説明を考え出してきた。

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English Translation

Scientists have come up with many explanations for why the sky is blue.

Furigana

科学者(かがくしゃ)はなぜ空(そら)が青(あお)いのかいろいろな説明(せつめい)を考(かんが)え出(だ)してきた。

Romanji

Kagakusha wa naze sora ga aoi no ka iroirona setsumei o kangaedashitekita.

Words

科学者 (かがくしゃ)

scientist

は (は)

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

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

が (が)

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

青い (あおい)

blue; green; pale; unripe; inexperienced

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

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

色々 (いろいろ)

various; various colors (colours)

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

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.

考え出す (かんがえだす)

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan