３８１日間、モントゴメリーのバスは、ほとんど空っぽの状態で路線を往復した。

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３８１日間、モントゴメリーのばすは、ほとんど空っぽの状態で路線を往復した。

English Translation

For 381 days, the buses of Montgomery travelled back and forth on their routes, almost empty.

Furigana

３８１日間(にちかん)、モントゴメリーのバスは、ほとんど空(から)っぽの状態(じょうたい)で路線(ろせん)を往復(おうふく)した。

Romanji

San hachi ichi nichikan, montogomeri- no basu wa, hotondo karappo no jōtai de rosen o ōfukushita.

Words

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

八 (はち、や)

eight

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日間 (ひあい)

time; days; daily interest rate

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

バス (バス)

bus; bath; bass

は (は)

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

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

空っぽ (からっぽ)

empty; vacant; hollow

状態 (じょうたい)

current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state

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.

路線 (ろせん)

route; line; alignment

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.

往復 (おうふく)

making a round trip; going and returning; coming and going; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters); socializing; visiting one another