当時、日本には鉄道が無かった。

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当時、日本には鉄道が無かった。

English Translation

There were no railroads in Japan at that time.

Furigana

当時(とうじ)、日本(にっぽん)には鉄道(てつどう)が無(な)かった。

Romanji

Tōji, Nippon ni wa tetsudō ga nakatta.

Words

当時 (とうじ)

at that time; in those days

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

は (は)

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

鉄道 (てつどう)

railroad; railway; rail transport

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...