シンガポールでは罪人の背中を鞭で打ったり、杖で何度か叩いたりする。

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English Translation

In Singapore, a way to punish criminals is to whip them, or hit them several strokes with a cane, on their backs.

Furigana

シンガポールでは罪人(ざいにん)の背中(せなか)を鞭(むち)で打(う)ったり、杖(つえ)で何(なん)度(ど)か叩(たた)いたりする。

Romanji

Shingapo-Ru de wa zainin no senaka o muchi de u tari, tsue de nan do ka tatai tari suru.

Words

新嘉坡 (シンガポール)

Singapore

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.

は (は)

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

罪人 (ざいにん)

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

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

背中 (せなか)

back (of body)

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.

鞭 (むち、ぶち、ムチ)

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod; pointer

打っ (ぶっ)

strongly (used to emphasize the following verb); violently; quickly; suddenly

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

杖 (つえ)

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

何 (なに、なん)

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

度 (ど)

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences and times; strength (of alcohol)

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

叩く (たたく、はたく)

to strike; to clap; to knock; to dust; to beat; to play drums; to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult; to use up money; to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

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