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しばらく車を運転していないと、アクセルとブレーキがごっちゃになることない?

Sentence Analyzer

しばらく 運転していない アクセル ブレーキ ごっちゃ なる こと ない

English Translation

Have you ever got in your car after a long absence and got the brake mixed up with the accelerator?

Furigana

しばらく(くるま)運転(うんてん)していないと、アクセルとブレーキがごっちゃになることない?

Romanji

Shibaraku kuruma o untenshiteinai to, akuseru to bure-ki ga gotcha ni naru koto nai?

Words

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)
little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
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.
運転 (うんてん)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
アクセル (アクセル)
accelerator; Axel (figure skating jump); axel
ブレーキ (ブレーキ)
brake
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
ごちゃごちゃ (ごちゃごちゃ、ごっちゃ)
jumble; mix up; complaining about various things
()
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 ...
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ
Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
Readings: テン、 ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、 ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、 うたた、 うつ.る、 くる.めく
Meanings: revolve, turn around, change