種の上に少し土をかぶせなさい。

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種 の 上に 少し 土 を かぶせ なさい 。

English Translation

Cover the seeds with a little earth.

Furigana

種(たね)の上(うえ)に少(すこ)し土(ど)をかぶせなさい。

Romanji

Tane no ueni sukoshi do o kabuse nasai.

Words

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

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

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

土 (ど、と)

Saturday; earth (third of the five elements); Turkey

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.

被せる (かぶせる)

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

為さる (なさる)

to do

Kanji

種

Readings: シュ、 たね、 -ぐさ

Meanings: species, kind, class, variety, seed

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

土

Readings: ド、 ト、 つち

Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey