少年はタクシーが霧の中へ消えたと言った。

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English Translation

The boy said that the taxi vanished into the fog.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)はタクシーが霧(きり)の中(なか)へ消(き)えたと言(い)った。

Romanji

Shōnen wa takushi- ga kiri no naka e kieta to itta.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

タクシー (タクシー)

taxi

が (が)

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

霧 (きり)

fog; mist; spray

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

へ (へ)

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

消える (きえる)

to go out; to vanish; to disappear

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise