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車庫のまわりをぶらついて時間をつぶしていると古いトラックが進入路にさっと入ってきた。

Sentence Analyzer

車庫 まわり ぶらついて 時間 つぶしている 古い とらっく 進入路 さっと 入ってきた

English Translation

I was wasting time, wandering around the garage, when an old truck swept into driveway.

Furigana

車庫(しゃこ)のまわりをぶらついて時間(じかん)をつぶしていると(ふる)いトラックが進入路(しんにゅうろ)にさっと(はい)ってきた。

Romanji

Shako no mawari o buratsuite jikan o tsubushiteiru to furui torakku ga shinnyūro ni satto haittekita.

Words

車庫 (しゃこ)
garage; car shed; carport
()
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
周り (まわり)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
ふらつく (ふらつく)
to feel giddy; to totter; to stagger; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter; to putter
時間 (じかん)
time; hours
潰す (つぶす)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to thwart; to block; to kill (time); to waste (e.g. talents)
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
古い (ふるい)
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
トラック (トラック)
truck; track (running, CD, DVD, etc.)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
進入路 (しんにゅうろ)
(aircraft's) approach
()
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
颯と (さっと)
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
入る (いる)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: コ、 ク、 くら
Meanings: warehouse, storehouse
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: コ、 ふる.い、 ふる-、 -ふる.す
Meaning: old
Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める
Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote
Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る
Meanings: enter, insert
Readings: ロ、 ル、 -じ、 みち
Meanings: path, route, road, distance