車は上り坂にかかった。
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English Translation
Our car pulled uphill.
Furigana
Romanji
Kuruma wa noborizaka ni kakatta.
Words
車
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
上り坂
(のぼりざか)
ascent; uphill
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
掛かる
(かかる)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on