ヘリコプターはとても役に立つので、いつかは車や汽車に取って代わるかもしれません。

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English Translation

The helicopter is so useful that someday it may take the place of cars and trains.

Furigana

ヘリコプターはとても役(やく)に立(た)つので、いつかは車(くるま)や汽車(きしゃ)に取(と)って代(か)わるかもしれません。

Romanji

Herikoputa- wa totemo yakunitatsu node, itsuka wa kuruma ya kisha ni totte kawaru kamo shiremasen.

Words

ヘリコプター (ヘリコプター)

helicopter

は (は)

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

役に立つ (やくにたつ)

to be helpful; to be useful

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

何時か (いつか)

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

汽車 (きしゃ)

train (sometimes specifically a steam train)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe