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どのバスか電車に乗れば、街の中心街へ行けるのか教えてください。

Sentence Analyzer

どの ばす 電車 乗れば 中心街 行ける 教えて ください

English Translation

Could you tell me which bus or train goes to the center of the town?

Furigana

どのバスか電車(でんしゃ)()れば、(まち)中心街(ちゅうしんがい)()けるのか(おし)えてください。

Romanji

Dono basu ka densha ni noreba, machi no chūshingai e ikeru no ka oshiete kudasai.

Words

何の (どの)
which; what (way)
バス (バス)
bus; bath; bass
()
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
電車 (でんしゃ)
train; electric train
()
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
乗る (のる)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on
(がい)
.. street; .. quarter; .. district
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
中心街 (ちゅうしんがい)
high street; town centre (center)
()
indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")
行ける (いける、イケる)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good
教える (おしえる)
to teach; to inform; to instruct
下さる (くださる)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor

Kanji

Reading: デン
Meaning: electricity
Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 の.る、 -の.り、 の.せる
Meanings: ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
Readings: ガイ、 カイ、 まち
Meanings: boulevard, street, town
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine