その犬が噛みつこうとしたときに、首を押えつけてとことん叱りつけた。

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English Translation

When the dog tried to bite me, I held him down by the neck and thoroughly scolded him.

Furigana

その犬(いぬ)が噛(か)みつこうとしたときに、首(くび)を押(おさ)えつけてとことん叱(しか)りつけた。

Romanji

Sono inu ga kamitsukou to shita tokini, kubi o osaetsukete tokoton shikaritsuketa.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

が (が)

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

噛み付く (かみつく)

to bite (at); to snap at; to snarl at

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

首 (くび、クビ)

neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)

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.

押さえつける (おさえつける)

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

とことん (とことん)

(to) the end; thoroughly

叱り付ける (しかりつける)

to rebuke; to scold harshly