地上で空費される時間が飛行機の速さという有利な店を帳消しにしてしまう。

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English Translation

Hours lost on the ground cancel out the advantage of speed in the air.

Furigana

地上(ちじょう)で空費(くうひ)される時間(じかん)が飛行機(ひこうき)の速(はや)さという有利(ゆうり)な店(みせ)を帳消(ちょうけ)しにしてしまう。

Romanji

Chijō de kūhisareru jikan ga hikōki no hayasa toiu yūrina mise o chōkeshi ni shiteshimau.

Words

地上 (ちじょう)

above ground; surface; earth; world

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.

空費 (くうひ)

wastefulness

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

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

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

有利 (ゆうり)

advantageous; better; profitable; lucrative

店 (みせ)

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

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.

帳消し (ちょうけし)

cancellation; writing off

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to