その手品師の手は私たちの眼より早かった。あっとゆうまに、彼が指の間にはさんでいたトランプは消えた。

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English Translation

The hand of the magician was quicker than our eyes. Before we could say Jack Robinson, the cards he was holding between his fingers disappeared.

Furigana

その手品師(てじなし)の手(て)は私(わたし)たちの眼(め)より早(はや)かった。あっとゆうまに、彼(かれ)が指(ゆび)の間(ま)にはさんでいたトランプは消(き)えた。

Romanji

Sono tejinashi no te wa watashitachi no me yori hayakatta. atto yuu ma ni, kare ga yubi no ma ni hasandeita toranpu wa kieta.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

手品師 (てじなし)

magician; juggler

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

は (は)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

あっと (あっと)

in a surprising way

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

まあ (まあ、ま)

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so...; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

指 (ゆび、および、おゆび)

finger; toe; digit

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

挟む (はさむ)

to interpose; to hold between; to insert; to be on either side (e.g. road); to be across (e.g. street, river); to be beyond

トランプ (トランプ)

playing cards