少年は池のコイの群れをじっと見つめていた。

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少年は池のこいの群れをじっと見つめていた。

English Translation

The boy was gazing at a school of carp in the pond.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)は池(いけ)のコイの群(む)れをじっと見(み)つめていた。

Romanji

Shōnen wa ike no koi no mure o jitto mitsumeteita.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

池 (いけ)

pond

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

鯉 (こい、コイ)

common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp

群れ (むれ)

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs)

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.

凝乎と (じっと、じーっと、じーと、じいっと)

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically; firmly (e.g. hold); restrained

見つめる (みつめる)

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on