信号が赤いうちに彼らは向こう側へ渡った。

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English Translation

They got over to the other side while the light was red.

Furigana

信号(しんごう)が赤(あか)いうちに彼(かれ)らは向(む)こう側(がわ)へ渡(わた)った。

Romanji

Shingō ga akai uchini karera wa mukōgawa e watatta.

Words

信号 (しんごう)

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

が (が)

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

赤い (あかい)

red; Red (i.e. communist)

打ち荷 (うちに)

jettisoned cargo

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

向こう側 (むこうがわ)

other side; opposite side; other party

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

渡る (わたる)

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

Kanji

信

Reading: シン

Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust

号

Readings: ゴウ、さけ.ぶ、よびな

Meanings: nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call

赤

Readings: セキ、シャク、あか、あか-、あか.い、あか.らむ、あか.らめる

Meaning: red

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

向

Readings: コウ、む.く、む.い、 -む.き、む.ける、 -む.け、む.かう、む.かい、む.こう、む.こう-、むこ、むか.い

Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

側

Readings: ソク、かわ、がわ、そば

Meanings: side, lean, oppose, regret

渡

Readings: ト、わた.る、 -わた.る、わた.す

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