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Zach

車が遠い田舎で故障してしまった。

Sentence Analyzer

遠い 田舎 故障してしまった

English Translation

His car broke down in remote countryside.

Furigana

(くるま)(とお)田舎(いなか)故障(こしょう)してしまった。

Romanji

Kuruma ga tōi inaka de koshōshiteshimatta.

Words

(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
遠い (とおい)
far; distant
田舎 (いなか)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
故障 (こしょう)
breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order; damage; hurt; objection; protest

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: エン、 オン、 とお.い
Meanings: distant, far
Readings: デン、 た
Meanings: rice field, rice paddy
Readings: シャ、 セキ、 やど.る
Meanings: cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion
Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと
Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Readings: ショウ、 さわ.る
Meanings: hinder, hurt, harm