空が青く見える理由を知っているか。

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空が青く見える理由を知っているか。

English Translation

Do you know the reason why the sky looks blue?

Furigana

空(そら)が青(あお)く見(み)える理由(りゆう)を知(し)っているか。

Romanji

Sora ga aoku mieru riyū o shitteiru ka.

Words

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

青い (あおい)

blue; green; pale; unripe; inexperienced

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

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