かつてはロードローラーは馬が曳いていたが、蒸気機関の発明により、スチームローラーが現れた。

Sentence Analyzer

かつてはろーどローラーは馬が曳いていたが、蒸気機関の発明により、スチームローラーが現れた。

English Translation

Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.

Furigana

かつてはロードローラーは馬(うま)が曳(ひ)いていたが、蒸気(じょうき)機関(きかん)の発明(はつめい)により、スチームローラーが現(あらわ)れた。

Romanji

Katsute wa ro-do ro-ra- wa uma ga hiiteita ga, jōki kikan no hatsumei niyori, suchi-mu ro-ra- ga arawareta.

Words

嘗て (かつて、かって)

once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-; never yet; never before; first time; still not happened

は (は)

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

ロード (ロード)

road; load; lord

ローラー (ローラー)

roller

馬 (うま、いま、おま、ウマ)

horse; promoted bishop

が (が)

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

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

蒸気 (じょうき)

steam; vapour; vapor; steamship; steamboat; steamer

機関 (きかん)

engine; agency; organisation; organization; institution; organ; body; system; facility; facilities

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

発明 (はつめい)

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

に因り (により)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

スチーム (スチーム)

steam

現れる (あらわれる)

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)