車が去った後には、もうもうと砂ぼこりが上がった。

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English Translation

The car left a cloud of dust behind it.

Furigana

車(くるま)が去(さ)った後(のち)には、もうもうと砂(すな)ぼこりが上(あ)がった。

Romanji

Kuruma ga satta nochini wa, mōmōto sunabokori ga agatta.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

が (が)

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

去る (さる)

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off; to divorce; ... completely; last ... (e.g. "last April")

後に (のちに)

later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

砂埃 (すなぼこり)

cloud of dust (sand, etc.)

上がる (あがる)

to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water); to come ashore; to increase; to improve; to make progress; to be promoted; to advance; to be made (of profit, etc.); to occur (esp. of a favourable result); to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.); to be finished; to be done; to be over; (of rain) to stop; to lift; to stop (working properly); to cut out; to give out; to die; to win (in a card game, etc.); to be arrested; to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to be deep fried; to be spoken loudly; to get stage fright; to be offered (to the gods, etc.); to go; to visit; to eat; to drink; to be listed (as a candidate); to serve (in one's master's home); to go north; indicates completion

Kanji

車

Readings: シャ、くるま

Meaning: car

去

Readings: キョ、コ、さ.る、 -さ.る

Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce

後

Readings: ゴ、コウ、のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと、おく.れる

Meanings: behind, back, later

砂

Readings: サ、シャ、すな

Meaning: sand

上

Readings: ジョウ、ショウ、シャン、うえ、 -うえ、うわ-、かみ、あ.げる、 -あ.げる、あ.がる、 -あ.がる、あ.がり、 -あ.がり、のぼ.る、のぼ.り、のぼ.せる、のぼ.す、よ.す

Meanings: above, up