くじを引いて誰が最初か決めよう。

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くじ を 引いて 誰 が 最初 か 決めよう 。

English Translation

Let's draw lots to decide who goes first.

Furigana

くじを引(ひ)いて誰(だれ)が最初(さいしょ)か決(き)めよう。

Romanji

Kuji o hiite dare ga saisho ka kimeyou.

Words

籤 (くじ)

lottery; lot

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.

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

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

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

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

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

Kanji

引

Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける

Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

最

Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま

Meanings: utmost, most, extreme

初

Readings: ショ、 はじ.め、 はじ.めて、 はつ、 はつ-、 うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め

Meanings: first time, beginning

決

Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint