通りを歩いていたとき交通事故を見かけた。

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通り を 歩いていた とき 交通 事故 を 見かけた 。

English Translation

While I was walking down the street, I happened to see a traffic accident.

Furigana

通(とお)りを歩(ある)いていたとき交通(こうつう)事故(じこ)を見(み)かけた。

Romanji

Tōri o aruiteita toki kōtsū jiko o mikaketa.

Words

通り (とおり)

avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types

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.

歩く (あるく)

to walk

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

交通 (こうつう)

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

見かける (みかける)

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

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.

歩

Readings: ホ、 ブ、 フ、 ある.く、 あゆ.む

Meanings: walk, counter for steps

交

Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも

Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible