何かとても明るいものが夜空を横切って飛ぶのが見えた。

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English Translation

I saw something very bright fly across the night sky.

Furigana

何(なに)かとても明(あか)るいものが夜空(よぞら)を横切(よこぎ)って飛(と)ぶのが見(み)えた。

Romanji

Nani ka totemo akarui mono ga yozora o yokogitte tobu no ga mieta.

Words

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

明るい (あかるい)

bright; colourful; cheerful; familiar (with); knowledgeable (about); fair (e.g. politics); clean

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

夜空 (よぞら)

night sky

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.

横切る (よこぎる)

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

飛ぶ (とぶ)

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

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

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)