あるアメリカの科学者ウィリアム・キートンはこの謎を説くために非常に面白い実験をしました。

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English Translation

One American scientist, William Keeton, used a very interesting experiment to solve this mystery.

Furigana

あるアメリカの科学者(かがくしゃ)ウィリアム・キートンはこの謎(なぞ)を説(と)くために非常(ひじょう)に面白(おもしろ)い実験(じっけん)をしました。

Romanji

Aru Amerika no kagakusha Whiriamu Ki-Ton wa kono nazo o toku tameni hijō ni omoshiroi jikken o shimashita.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

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

科学者 (かがくしゃ)

scientist

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

は (は)

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

此の (この)

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

謎 (なぞ)

riddle; puzzle; enigma; mystery; enigmatic; mysterious

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.

説く (とく)

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

非常 (ひじょう)

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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

面白い (おもしろい)

interesting; amusing

実験 (じっけん)

experiment

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