みんなの中で誰が一番背が高いか。

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みんな の 中 で 誰 が 一番 背 が 高い か 。

English Translation

Who is the tallest of all?

Furigana

みんなの中(なか)で誰(だれ)が一番(いちばん)背(せ)が高(たか)いか。

Romanji

Minna no naka de dare ga ichiban se ga takai ka.

Words

皆 (みな、みんな)

all; everyone; everybody; everything

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

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

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

背 (せい)

height; stature

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

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

中

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る

Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

番

Readings: バン、 つが.い

Meanings: turn, number in a series

背

Readings: ハイ、 せ、 せい、 そむ.く、 そむ.ける

Meanings: stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

高

Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める

Meanings: tall, high, expensive