混同しないように、両チームは色の違う服を着ていた。

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English Translation

To avoid confusion, the teams wore different colors.

Furigana

混同(こんどう)しないように、両(りょう)チームは色(いろ)の違(ちが)う服(ふく)を着(き)ていた。

Romanji

Kondōshinai yōni, ryō chi-mu wa iro no chigau fuku o kiteita.

Words

混同 (こんどう)

confusion; mixing; merger

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

両 (りょう)

both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.); ryo (obsolete unit of currency); 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin); 2 tan (measure of fabric size); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles

チーム (チーム、ティーム)

team

は (は)

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

色 (いろ)

colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety

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

違う (ちがう)

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?; wasn't it?

服 (ふく)

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

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.

着る (きる)

to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)