通りを渡るとき妹の手を取った。

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通り を 渡る とき 妹 の 手 を 取った 。

English Translation

I took my little sister by the hand when we crossed the street.

Furigana

通(とお)りを渡(わた)るとき妹(いもうと)の手(て)を取(と)った。

Romanji

Tōri o wataru toki imōto no te o totta.

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.

渡る (わたる)

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

妹 (いもうと)

younger sister

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

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.

渡

Readings: ト、 わた.る、 -わた.る、 わた.す

Meanings: transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate

妹

Readings: マイ、 いもうと

Meaning: younger sister

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up