今日主要な輸送手段としては、自動車が馬にとって代っている。

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English Translation

Today, automobiles have taken the place of horses as the principal means of transportation.

Furigana

今日(きょう)主要(しゅよう)な輸送(ゆそう)手段(しゅだん)としては、自動車(じどうしゃ)が馬(うま)にとって代(かわ)っている。

Romanji

Kyō shuyōna yusō shudan toshite wa, jidōsha ga uma nitotte kawatteiru.

Words

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

主要 (しゅよう)

chief; main; principal; major

輸送 (ゆそう)

transport; transportation

手段 (しゅだん)

means; way; measure

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

は (は)

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

自動車 (じどうしゃ)

automobile

が (が)

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

馬 (うま、いま、おま、ウマ)

horse; promoted bishop

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

替わる (かわる)

to succeed; to relieve; to replace; to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch