蒸気機関車は電車に取って代わられた。

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蒸気 機関車 は 電車 に 取って 代わられた 。

English Translation

Steam trains were replaced by electric trains.

Furigana

蒸気(じょうき)機関車(きかんしゃ)は電車(でんしゃ)に取(と)って代(か)わられた。

Romanji

Jōki kikansha wa densha ni totte kawarareta.

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

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

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch

Kanji

蒸

Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 む.す、 む.れる、 む.らす

Meanings: steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

機

Readings: キ、 はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

関

Readings: カン、 せき、 -ぜき、 かか.わる、 からくり、 かんぬき

Meanings: connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

電

Reading: デン

Meaning: electricity

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee