道路で有名な音楽家に偶然会うなんて滅多にないことだ。

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English Translation

It's a rare thing to run into a famous musician on the street.

Furigana

道路(どうろ)で有名(ゆうめい)な音楽家(おんがくか)に偶然(ぐうぜん)会(あ)うなんて滅多(めった)にないことだ。

Romanji

Dōro de yūmeina ongakuka ni gūzen au nante metta ninai koto da.

Words

道路 (どうろ)

road; highway

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.

有名 (ゆうめい)

famous; fame

音楽家 (おんがくか、おんがっか)

musician

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

偶然 (ぐうぜん)

(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

滅多 (めった)

thoughtless; reckless; careless; rash; seldom (with neg. verb); rare; ordinary; usual; common; excessive; immoderate; extreme

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

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