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車の列が、高速道路から町の中心部までずっと延びていた。

Sentence Analyzer

高速 道路 から 中心部 まで ずっと 延びていた

English Translation

The line of cars stretched all the way from the expressway to the city centre.

Furigana

(くるま)(れつ)が、高速(こうそく)道路(どうろ)から(まち)中心部(ちゅうしんぶ)までずっと()びていた。

Romanji

Kuruma no retsu ga, kōsoku dōro kara machi no chūshinbu made zutto nobiteita.

Words

(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
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
(れつ)
queue; line; row; column; sequence; string; train
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
高速 (こうそく)
high speed; high gear; highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
道路 (どうろ)
road; highway
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
(まち、ちょう)
town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
中心部 (ちゅうしんぶ)
central part; heart (of a city)
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight
伸びる (のびる)
to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread; to make progress; to grow (beard, body height); to grow stale (soba); to be straightened; to be flattened; to be smoothed; to be exhausted; to be postponed; to be prolonged

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: レツ、 レ
Meanings: file, row, rank, tier, column
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive
Readings: ソク、 はや.い、 はや-、 はや.める、 すみ.やか
Meanings: quick, fast
Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: ロ、 ル、 -じ、 みち
Meanings: path, route, road, distance
Readings: チョウ、 まち
Meanings: town, village, block, street
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings: エン、 の.びる、 の.べる、 の.べ、 の.ばす
Meanings: prolong, stretching