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Zach

ガソリンスタンド・・・小さいお店・・・などが道の両側にできました。

Sentence Analyzer

ガソリンスタンド 小さい など 両側 できました

English Translation

Gasoline stations, roadside stands and small houses followed the new road.

Furigana

ガソリンスタンド・・・(ちい)さいお(みせ)・・・などが(みち)両側(りょうがわ)にできました。

Romanji

Gasorinsutando chiisai o mise nado ga michi no ryōgawa ni dekimashita.

Words

ガソリンスタンド (ガソリンスタンド、ガソリン・スタンド)
gas station; petrol station
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
小さい (ちいさい)
small; little; tiny
(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(みせ)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
(など)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(みち)
road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means
()
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
両側 (りょうがわ、りょうそく)
both sides
()
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
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: テン、 みせ、 たな
Meanings: store, shop
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: リョウ、 てる、 ふたつ
Meanings: both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
Readings: ソク、 かわ、 がわ、 そば
Meanings: side, lean, oppose, regret