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お遍路さんの一行は四国に向かった。

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遍路 さん 一行 四国 向かった

English Translation

The party of pilgrims started for Shikoku.

Furigana

遍路(へんろ)さんの一行(いっこう)四国(しこく)()かった。

Romanji

O henro san no ikkō wa Shikoku ni mukatta.

Words

(お、おん)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
遍路 (へんろ)
pilgrimage; pilgrim
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
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
一行 (いちぎょう、いっこう)
line; row; troupe; party
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
四国 (しこく)
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
()
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
向かう (むかう)
to face; to go towards

Kanji

Readings: ヘン、 あまね.く
Meanings: everywhere, times, widely, generally
Readings: ロ、 ル、 -じ、 みち
Meanings: path, route, road, distance
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: シ、 よ、 よ.つ、 よっ.つ、 よん
Meaning: four
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach