私たちの汽車は長いトンネルを通りぬけた。

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English Translation

Our train went through a long tunnel.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちの汽車(きしゃ)は長(なが)いトンネルを通(とお)りぬけた。

Romanji

Watashitachi no kisha wa nagai tonneru o tōri nuketa.

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

汽車 (きしゃ)

train (sometimes specifically a steam train)

は (は)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

トンネル (トンネル)

tunnel; fielding error

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.

通り (とおり)

avenue; street; way; road; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice); fame; reputation; popularity; the same status or way; as (e.g. as expected, as I said); understanding; comprehension; counter for sets of things; counter for methods, ways, types

抜ける (ぬける)

to come out; to fall out; to be omitted; to be missing; to escape; to come loose; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear; to be transparent (e.g. of the sky); to be stupid; to be absentminded; to be careless; to be inattentive; to exit (a program loop)

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

汽

Reading: キ

Meanings: vapor, steam

車

Readings: シャ、くるま

Meaning: car

長

Readings: チョウ、なが.い、おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

通

Readings: ツウ、ツ、とお.る、とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、とお.す、とお.し、 -どお.し、かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.