家はねこが２匹います。１匹は白で、もう１匹は黒です。

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English Translation

We have two cats; one is white, and the other is black.

Furigana

家(いえ)はねこが２匹(ひき)います。１匹(ひき)は白(しろ)で、もう１匹(ひき)は黒(くろ)です。

Romanji

Ie wa neko ga ni hiki imasu. ichi hiki wa shiro de, mō ichi hiki wa kuro desu.

Words

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

は (は)

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

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

が (が)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

要る (いる)

to need; to want

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

白 (しろ)

white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine

で (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.

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

黒 (くろ)

black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person

です (です)

be; is