森の中に道を切り開いた。

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森の中に道を切り開いた。

English Translation

We hacked a path through the forest.

Furigana

森(もり)の中(なか)に道(みち)を切(き)り開(ひら)いた。

Romanji

Mori no nakani michi o kirihiraita.

Words

森 (もり)

forest; shrine grove

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

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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.

切り開く (きりひらく)

to clear (land); to open up; to cut through