スミスさんは自分のマイペースな馬を田舎道で走らせた。

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English Translation

Mr. Smith ran his sluggish horse along the country roads.

Furigana

スミスさんは自分(じぶん)のマイペースな馬(うま)を田舎道(いなかみち)で走(はし)らせた。

Romanji

Sumisu san wa jibun no maipe-su na uma o inakamichi de hashiraseta.

Words

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

マイペース (マイペース、マイ・ペース)

doing things at one's own pace; doing things one's own way

だ (だ)

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

馬 (うま、いま、おま、ウマ)

horse; promoted bishop

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

田舎道 (いなかみち)

country road

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.

走る (はしる)

to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward