この本は戸棚の上です。

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この 本 は 戸棚 の 上 です 。

English Translation

This book goes on the top shelf.

Furigana

この本(ほん)は戸棚(とだな)の上(うえ)です。

Romanji

Kono hon wa todana no ue desu.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

は (は)

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

戸棚 (とだな)

cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

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

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

戸

Readings: コ、 と

Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

棚

Readings: ホウ、 たな、 -だな

Meanings: shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up