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少年はミツバチを詳しく観察して記録してみることにした。

Sentence Analyzer

少年 ミツバチ 詳しく 観察して 記録してみる こと した

English Translation

The boy decided to observe and record honeybees in detail.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)はミツバチを(くわ)しく観察(かんさつ)して記録(きろく)してみることにした。

Romanji

Shōnen wa mitsubachi o kuwashiku kansatsushite kirokushitemiru koto ni shita.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
蜜蜂 (みつばち、みちばち、ミツバチ)
honeybee; hive bee
()
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.
詳しい (くわしい)
detailed; full; accurate; knowing very well; well-acquainted; well-informed
観察 (かんさつ)
observation; survey
記録 (きろく)
record; minutes; document; a record (e.g. in sports); results; score; to record; to document; to set a record (e.g. in sports); to show a result; to reach a value
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
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
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

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ショウ、 くわ.しい、 つまび.らか
Meanings: detailed, full, minute, accurate, well-informed
Readings: カン、 み.る、 しめ.す
Meanings: outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
Reading: サツ
Meanings: guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Readings: ロク、 しる.す、 と.る
Meaning: record