今朝交通渋滞で動きがとれなかった。

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今朝 交通 渋滞 で 動き が とれなかった 。

English Translation

We were stuck up in heavy traffic this morning.

Furigana

今朝(けさ)交通(こうつう)渋滞(じゅうたい)で動(うご)きがとれなかった。

Romanji

Kesa kōtsū jūtai de ugoki ga torenakatta.

Words

今朝 (けさ、こんちょう)

this morning

交通 (こうつう)

traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse

渋滞 (じゅうたい)

congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

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.

動き (うごき)

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change; fluctuation

が (が)

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

獲れる (とれる)

to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield

Kanji

今

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま

Meaning: now

朝

Readings: チョウ、 あさ

Meanings: morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea

交

Readings: コウ、 まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも

Meanings: mingle, mixing, association, coming & going

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.

渋

Readings: ジュウ、 シュウ、 しぶ、 しぶ.い、 しぶ.る

Meanings: astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea

滞

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 とどこお.る

Meanings: stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake