ナイフを取り出して、彼は缶を開けようとした。

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ないふ を 取り出して 、 彼 は 缶 を 開けよう と した 。

English Translation

Taking out a knife, he tried to open the can.

Furigana

ナイフを取(と)り出(だ)して、彼(かれ)は缶(かん)を開(あ)けようとした。

Romanji

Naifu o toridashite, kare wa kan o akeyou to shita.

Words

ナイフ (ナイフ)

knife

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.

取り出す (とりだす)

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

缶 (かん)

can; tin

開ける (はだける)

to open; to bare; to expose; to stretch

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

缶

Readings: カン、 かま

Meanings: tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)

開

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける

Meanings: open, unfold, unseal