エバンはまだほんの小さな坊やよ。一体どうして、何をやればいいかなんてわかるのよ。

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English Translation

Evan is just a little boy. How should he know what to do?

Furigana

エバンはまだほんの小(ちい)さな坊(ぼう)やよ。一体(いったい)どうして、何(なに)をやればいいかなんてわかるのよ。

Romanji

Eban wa mada honno chiisana bōya yo. ittai dōshite, nani o yareba ii ka nante wakaru no yo.

Words

は (は)

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

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

坊や (ぼうや)

boy

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

一体 (いったい)

...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ...on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"); one object; one body; unity; one form; one style; one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.); generally; in general

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

何 (なに、なん)

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

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.

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

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

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

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

Kanji

小

Readings: ショウ、ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-

Meanings: little, small

坊

Readings: ボウ、ボッ

Meanings: boy, priest's residence, priest

一

Readings: イチ、イツ、ひと-、ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

体

Readings: タイ、テイ、からだ、かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

何

Readings: カ、なに、なん、なに-、なん-

Meaning: what