彼女は１００メートル競争でスタートしたのは最後だったが、すぐ他の人に追いついた。

Sentence Analyzer

彼女は１００メートル競争ですたーとしたのは最後だったが、すぐ他の人に追いついた。

English Translation

In a hundred meter dash she started last but soon caught up with the others.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は１００メートル競争(きょうそう)でスタートしたのは最後(さいご)だったが、すぐ他(た)の人(ひと)に追(お)いついた。

Romanji

Kanojo wa ichi zero zero me-toru kyōsō de suta-toshita no wa saigo datta ga, sugu ta no hito ni oitsuita.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

一 (いち)

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

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

米 (メートル)

metre; meter; meter (i.e. a gauge); gauge

競争 (きょうそう)

competition; contest; to compete

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.

スタート (スタート)

start

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

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

直ぐ (すぐ)

immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy)

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

に (に)

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

追いつく (おいつく)

to overtake; to catch up (with)