列車は１５両編成だ。

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列車 は １ ５ 両 編成 だ 。

English Translation

The train is made up of fifteen cars.

Furigana

列車(れっしゃ)は１５両(りょう)編成(へんせい)だ。

Romanji

Ressha wa ichi go ryō hensei da.

Words

列車 (れっしゃ)

train (ordinary)

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.)

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

両 (りょう)

both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.); ryo (obsolete unit of currency); 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin); 2 tan (measure of fabric size); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles

編成 (へんせい)

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

列

Readings: レツ、 レ

Meanings: file, row, rank, tier, column

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

両

Readings: リョウ、 てる、 ふたつ

Meanings: both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

編

Readings: ヘン、 あ.む、 -あ.み

Meanings: compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book

成

Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す

Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach