車の前方に交通信号が見えた。

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車 の 前方 に 交通 信号 が 見えた 。

English Translation

I could see traffic lights ahead of my car.

Furigana

車(くるま)の前方(ぜんぽう)に交通(こうつう)信号(しんごう)が見(み)えた。

Romanji

Kuruma no zenpō ni kōtsū shingō ga mieta.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

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

前方 (ぜんぽう)

forward; frontward; rectangular front

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

交通 (こうつう)

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

信号 (しんごう)

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

が (が)

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

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

Kanji

車

Readings: シャ、 くるま

Meaning: car

前

Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ

Meanings: in front, before

方

Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

交

Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも

Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

信

Reading: シン

Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust

号

Readings: ゴウ、 さけ.ぶ、 よびな

Meanings: nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call

見

Readings: ケン、 み.る、 み.える、 み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible