この前、混雑した幹線道路の真ん中でガス欠してしまった。

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この前、混雑した幹線道路の真ん中でがす欠してしまった。

English Translation

The other day I ran out of gas in the middle of a busy Interstate.

Furigana

この前(まえ)、混雑(こんざつ)した幹線(かんせん)道路(どうろ)の真(ま)ん中(なか)でガス欠(けつ)してしまった。

Romanji

Kono mae, konzatsushita kansen dōro no mannaka de gasu ketsu shiteshimatta.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

混雑 (こんざつ)

congestion; crush; crowding; jam; confusion; disorder

幹線 (かんせん)

main line; trunk line

道路 (どうろ)

road; highway

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

真ん中 (まんなか、まなか)

middle; centre; center; mid-way

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

瓦斯 (ガス)

gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; petrol; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker; gas range; flatulence; gas; wind; fart

欠 (けつ)

lack; deficiency; vacancy

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