鉄道はある種の革命を引き起こした。

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鉄道はある種の革命を引き起こした。

English Translation

The railroad provoked a kind of revolution.

Furigana

鉄道(てつどう)はある種(たね)の革命(かくめい)を引(ひ)き起(お)こした。

Romanji

Tetsudō wa aru tane no kakumei o hikiokoshita.

Words

鉄道 (てつどう)

railroad; railway; rail transport

は (は)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

種 (たね)

seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story

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

革命 (かくめい)

revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in onmyou-dou)

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.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)