車を運転していると、大木が道に倒れていてじゃまになっていた。

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English Translation

A big tree had fallen across the road and was in my way as I drove.

Furigana

車(くるま)を運転(うんてん)していると、大木(たいぼく)が道(みち)に倒(たお)れていてじゃまになっていた。

Romanji

Kuruma o untenshiteiru to, taiboku ga michi ni taoreteite jama ni natteita.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

を (を)

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.

運転 (うんてん)

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; driving; working (capital, etc.)

と (と)

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

大木 (たいぼく)

large tree

が (が)

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

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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

倒れる (たおれる)

to fall; to collapse; to drop; to fall senseless; to be forced to bed (by illness, etc.); to die; to go bankrupt; to be ruined; to have a bad debt; to be defeated (in a game); to fall (of governments, dictators, etc.)

邪魔 (じゃま)

hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; to visit (somebody's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...