信号が黄色のとき、わたしたちは止まります。

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English Translation

When the traffic light is yellow, we stop.

Furigana

信号(しんごう)が黄色(きいろ)のとき、わたしたちは止(と)まります。

Romanji

Shingō ga kiiro no toki, watashitachi wa tomarimasu.

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

黄色 (きいろ、こうしょく、おうしょく)

yellow; amber

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

止まる (とまる)

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on

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

黄

Readings: コウ、オウ、き、こ-

Meaning: yellow

色

Readings: ショク、シキ、いろ

Meaning: color

止

Readings: シ、と.まる、 -ど.まり、と.める、 -と.める、 -ど.め、とど.める、とど.め、とど.まる、や.める、や.む、 -や.む、よ.す、 -さ.す、 -さ.し

Meanings: stop, halt