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僕らはコンサートの切符を買うのに列をつくって並んだ。

Sentence Analyzer

僕ら コンサート 切符 買う のに つくって 並んだ

English Translation

We queued up to get tickets for the concert.

Furigana

(ぼく)らはコンサートの切符(きっぷ)()うのに(れつ)をつくって(なら)んだ。

Romanji

Bokura wa konsa-to no kippu o kau noni retsu o tsukutte naranda.

Words

僕ら (ぼくら)
we
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
コンサート (コンサート)
concert
()
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
切符 (きっぷ)
ticket
()
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.
買う (かう)
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
のに (のに)
although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to
(れつ)
queue; line; row; column; sequence; string; train
作る (つくる)
to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)
並ぶ (ならぶ)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

Kanji

Readings: ボク、 しもべ
Meanings: me, I (male)
Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp
Reading: 
Meanings: token, sign, mark, tally, charm
Readings: バイ、 か.う
Meaning: buy
Readings: レツ、 レ
Meanings: file, row, rank, tier, column
Readings: ヘイ、 ホウ、 な.み、 なみ、 なら.べる、 なら.ぶ、 なら.びに
Meanings: row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal