電気が蒸気にとって代わった。

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電気が蒸気にとって代わった。

English Translation

Electricity has taken the place of steam.

Furigana

電気(でんき)が蒸気(じょうき)にとって代(か)わった。

Romanji

Denki ga jōki nitotte kawatta.

Words

電気 (でんき)

electricity; (electric) light

が (が)

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

蒸気 (じょうき)

steam; vapour; vapor; steamship; steamboat; steamer

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

Kanji

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

気

Readings: キ、ケ、いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

蒸

Readings: ジョウ、セイ、む.す、む.れる、む.らす

Meanings: steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty

代

Readings: ダイ、タイ、か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee