その少年は北海道から九州まで自転車旅行をしたそうです。

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English Translation

I hear he traveled by bicycle from Hokkaido to Kyushu.

Furigana

その少年(しょうねん)は北海道(ほっかいどう)から九州(きゅうしゅう)まで自転車(じてんしゃ)旅行(りょこう)をしたそうです。

Romanji

Sono shōnen wa Hokkaidō kara Kyūshū made jitensha ryokō o shita sō desu.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

北海道 (ほっかいどう)

Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

九州 (きゅうしゅう)

Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

自転車 (じてんしゃ、じでんしゃ)

bicycle

旅行 (りょこう)

travel; trip

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

です (です)

be; is