母親は赤ん坊に「さあ、飯(まんま)にしようね」と声をかけた。
"Come on, let's have din-din," the mother said to her baby.
幼い弟は腹がすくと「飯(まんま)、飯(まんま)」と言ってせがんだ。
Whenever he got hungry, my little brother would beg, "Din-din, din-din!"
祖母は孫に「飯(まま)をこぼさずにお食べ」と言い聞かせた。
Grandma told her grandchild, "Eat your rice without spilling it."