猫の目はなぜ暗闇で輝くのですか。

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猫 の 目 は なぜ 暗闇 で 輝く の です か 。

English Translation

Why do cats' eyes shine in the dark?

Furigana

猫(ねこ)の目(め)はなぜ暗闇(くらやみ)で輝(かがや)くのですか。

Romanji

Neko no me wa naze kurayami de kagayaku no desu ka.

Words

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

は (は)

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

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

暗闇 (くらやみ)

darkness; the dark

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

輝く (かがやく)

to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

です (です)

be; is

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

Kanji

猫

Readings: ビョウ、 ねこ

Meaning: cat

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

暗

Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る

Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded

闇

Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い

Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder

輝

Readings: キ、 かがや.く

Meanings: radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle