私たちの車は駅の近くでたまたま彼らの車とすれ違った。

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English Translation

Our car happened to pass theirs by the station.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの車(くるま)は駅(えき)の近(ちか)くでたまたま彼(かれ)らの車(くるま)とすれ違(ちが)った。

Romanji

Watashitachi no kuruma wa eki no chikaku de tamatama karera no kuruma to surechigatta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

は (は)

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

駅 (えき)

station

近く (ちかく)

near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

で (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.

偶々 (たまたま)

casually; unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

と (と)

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

すれ違う (すれちがう)

to pass by one another; to disagree; to miss each other