積み荷が落ちたので、トラックは停車しなければならなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

積み荷が落ちたので、とらっくは停車しなければならなかった。

English Translation

The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off.

Furigana

積(つ)み荷(に)が落(お)ちたので、トラックは停車(ていしゃ)しなければならなかった。

Romanji

Tsumini ga ochita node, torakku wa teishashinakerebanaranakatta.

Words

積み荷 (つみに)

load; freight; cargo

が (が)

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

落ちる (おちる)

to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

トラック (トラック)

truck; track (running, CD, DVD, etc.)

は (は)

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

停車 (ていしゃ)

stopping (e.g. train)