ここから一番近い地下鉄の駅はどこですか。

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English Translation

Where is the nearest subway station?

Furigana

ここから一番(いちばん)近(ちか)い地下鉄(ちかてつ)の駅(えき)はどこですか。

Romanji

Koko kara ichiban chikai chikatetsu no eki wa doko desu ka.

Words

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

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

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

地下鉄 (ちかてつ)

underground train; subway

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

駅 (えき)

station

は (は)

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

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

です (です)

be; is

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