道の真ん中に故障した車がとまっていた。

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道の真ん中に故障した車がとまっていた。

English Translation

A broken-down car was standing in the middle of the road.

Furigana

道(みち)の真(ま)ん中(なか)に故障(こしょう)した車(くるま)がとまっていた。

Romanji

Michi no mannaka ni koshōshita kuruma ga tomatteita.

Words

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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

真ん中 (まんなか、まなか)

middle; centre; center; mid-way

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

故障 (こしょう)

breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

が (が)

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

止まる (とまる)

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on