1人の少年だけが交通事故から一命をとりとめた。

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少年 だけ 交通 事故 から 一命 とりとめた

English Translation

Only one little boy survived the traffic accident.

Furigana

(にん)少年(しょうねん)だけが交通(こうつう)事故(じこ)から一命(いちめい)をとりとめた。

Romanji

Ichi nin no shōnen dake ga kōtsū jiko kara ichimei o toritometa.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(じん)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people
()
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
少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
交通 (こうつう)
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
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
一命 (いちめい)
(a) life; (a) command
()
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.
取り留める (とりとめる)
to stop; to put a stop to; to check

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint