そのうち、小さな村落の真上を高架線が行ったり来たりするようになりました。

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English Translation

Pretty soon, there was an elevated train going back and forth just above the small village.

Furigana

そのうち、小(ちい)さな村落(そんらく)の真上(まうえ)を高架線(こうかせん)が行(おこな)ったり来(き)たりするようになりました。

Romanji

Sonouchi, chiisana sonraku no maue o kōkasen ga okona tari ki tari suru yō ni narimashita.

Words

その内 (そのうち)

before very long; soon; eventually; sooner or later; of the previously mentioned

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

村落 (そんらく)

village; hamlet; settlement

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

真上 (まうえ)

just above; right overhead

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.

高架線 (こうかせん)

overhead wires; elevated railway

が (が)

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

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

来る (きたる)

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

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

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...