kaasan wa {muzukashii kanji gaaru} to {hitotsu-hitotsu yomigana wo futte} bokuni imi wo oshiete-kureta 母さんは難しい漢字があるとひとつひとつ読み仮名をふって僕に意味を教えてくれた When {there was difficult kanji}, mother {added yomigama to each one of them} and taught me [their] meanings.