自動車や通行人は止まって小さいおうちがゆっくりと動いていくのを見送りました。

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English Translation

Traffic and passers-by stopped as they were slowly seen off from the little village.

Furigana

自動車(じどうしゃ)や通行人(つうこうにん)は止(と)まって小(ちい)さいおうちがゆっくりと動(うご)いていくのを見送(みおく)りました。

Romanji

Jidōsha ya tsūkōnin wa tomatte chiisai o uchi ga yukkuri to ugoiteiku no o miokurimashita.

Words

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

通行人 (つうこうにん)

passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger

は (は)

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

止まる (とまる)

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended; to alight; to perch on

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

が (が)

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

ゆっくり (ゆっくり)

slowly; at ease; restful

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

動く (うごく)

to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; certain; factual; to be transferred

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

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

見送る (みおくる)

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands; to shelve (a plan etc.); to postpone; to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone; to take care of somebody until he dies; to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)