目を閉じて片足で１分間立っていられますか。

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目 を 閉じて 片足 で １ 分間 立っていられます か 。

English Translation

Can you keep standing on one of your legs with closed eyes for a minute?

Furigana

目(め)を閉(と)じて片足(かたあし)で１分間(ふんかん)立(た)っていられますか。

Romanji

Me o tojite kataashi de ichi funkan tatteiraremasu ka.

Words

目 (め)

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

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.

閉じる (とじる)

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

片足 (かたあし)

one leg; one-legged

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.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

分間 (ふんかん)

~ minutes interval

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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

目

Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-

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

閉

Readings: ヘイ、 と.じる、 と.ざす、 し.める、 し.まる、 た.てる

Meanings: closed, shut

片

Readings: ヘン、 かた-、 かた

Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

立

Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる

Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect