東北・秋田新幹線が運転を見合わせるなど交通も混乱した。

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English Translation

Traffic was also disrupted including the suspension of the Akita, Tohoku bullet train.

Furigana

東北(とうほく)・秋田(あきた)新幹線(しんかんせん)が運転(うんてん)を見合(みあ)わせるなど交通(こうつう)も混乱(こんらん)した。

Romanji

Tōhoku Akita shinkansen ga unten o miawaseru nado kōtsū mo konranshita.

Words

東北 (とうほく、ひがしきた)

north-east; Tohoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu)

・ (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)

新幹線 (しんかんせん)

Shinkansen; bullet train

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

運転 (うんてん)

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

を (を)

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.

見合わせる (みあわせる)

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to suspend operations; to refrain from performing an action

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

交通 (こうつう)

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

混乱 (こんらん)

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem