通勤客はストで足を奪われた。

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通勤 客 は すと で 足 を 奪われた 。

English Translation

Commuters were deprived of their transport by the strike.

Furigana

通勤(つうきん)客(きゃく)はストで足(あし)を奪(うば)われた。

Romanji

Tsūkin kyaku wa suto de ashi o ubawareta.

Words

通勤 (つうきん)

commuting to work

客 (きゃく、かく)

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger

は (は)

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

スト (スト)

strike (i.e. industrial action)

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.

足 (あし)

foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money; coin

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.

奪う (うばう)

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

Kanji

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

勤

Readings: キン、 ゴン、 つと.める、 -づと.め、 つと.まる、 いそ.しむ

Meanings: diligence, become employed, serve

客

Readings: キャク、 カク

Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client

足

Readings: ソク、 あし、 た.りる、 た.る、 た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear

奪

Readings: ダツ、 うば.う

Meanings: rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp