待っていたのは黒光りのする大型車だった。

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English Translation

The waiting car was big and black and shiny.

Furigana

待(ま)っていたのは黒光(くろびか)りのする大型車(おおがたしゃ)だった。

Romanji

Matteita no wa kurobikari no suru ōgatasha datta.

Words

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

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

は (は)

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

黒光り (くろびかり)

black lustre; black luster

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

大型車 (おおがたしゃ)

large-size(d) car

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative