蒸気機関車は電車ほどなめらかには走らない。

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English Translation

Steam locomotives run less smoothly than electric trains.

Furigana

蒸気(じょうき)機関車(きかんしゃ)は電車(でんしゃ)ほどなめらかには走(はし)らない。

Romanji

Jōki kikansha wa densha hodo nameraka ni wa hashiranai.

Words

蒸気 (じょうき)

steam; vapour; vapor; steamship; steamboat; steamer

機関車 (きかんしゃ)

locomotive; engine

は (は)

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

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

滑らか (なめらか、すべらか)

smooth (e.g. skin or ground); glassy; velvety; fluent; smooth (speaking); without a hitch

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

走る (はしる)

to run; to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive; to hurry to; to retreat (from battle); to take flight; to run away from home; to elope; to tend heavily toward