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子供が子供でいられる、子供が子供らしく振る舞える。

Sentence Analyzer

子供 子供 いられる 子供 子供 らしく 振る舞える

English Translation

Kids can be kids.

Furigana

子供(こども)子供(こども)でいられる、子供(こども)子供(こども)らしく(ふま)()える。

Romanji

Kodomo ga kodomo de irareru, kodomo ga kodomo rashiku furumaeru.

Words

子供 (こども)
child; children
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(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.
要る (いる)
to need; to want
らしい (らしい)
seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: キョウ、 ク、 クウ、 グ、 そな.える、 とも、 -ども
Meanings: submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany
Readings: シン、 ふ.る、 ぶ.る、 ふ.り、 -ぶ.り、 ふ.るう
Meanings: shake, wave, wag, swing
Readings: ブ、 ま.う、 -ま.う、 まい
Meanings: dance, flit, circle, wheel