どちらの道が市役所に行けますか。

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どちら の 道 が 市役所 に 行けます か 。

English Translation

Which road goes to city hall?

Furigana

どちらの道(みち)が市役所(しやくしょ)に行(い)けますか。

Romanji

Dochira no michi ga shiyakusho ni ikemasu ka.

Words

何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)

which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

の (の)

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

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

が (が)

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

市役所 (しやくしょ)

municipal office; council; city hall

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

行ける (いける、イケる)

to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good

か (か)

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

Kanji

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

市

Readings: シ、 いち

Meanings: market, city, town

役

Readings: ヤク、 エキ

Meanings: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

所

Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ

Meaning: place

行

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