彼は停止信号を見なかったので、もう少しで道路を渡ろうとしていた子供をはねるところだった。

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

suspension; interruption; stoppage; ban; standstill; halt; hang-up; deadlock; stalemate; abeyance; suspension of music, dance, etc. as a sign of mourning for a prominent person

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

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.

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

a bit more; a bit longer

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.

road; highway

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

child; children

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to refuse; to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out; to flip; to splash; to splatter; to decapitate; to behead; to jump up; to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

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