黒人はバスの後部に座るか、もしも後部がつまってしまえば立たねばならなかった。

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黒人はばすの後部に座るか、もしも後部がつまってしまえば立たねばならなかった。

English Translation

Black people had to sit in the back of the bus, or stand if the back was full.

Furigana

黒人(こくじん)はバスの後部(こうぶ)に座(すわ)るか、もしも後部(こうぶ)がつまってしまえば立(た)たねばならなかった。

Romanji

Kokujin wa basu no kōbu ni suwaru ka, moshimo kōbu ga tsumatteshimaeba tatanebanaranakatta.

Words

黒人 (こくじん)

black person; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

は (は)

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

バス (バス)

bus; bath; bass

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

後部 (こうぶ)

rear; stern

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

若しも (もしも)

が (が)

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

詰まる (つまる)

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow; to be at a loss; to be hard pressed; to end up; to be settled; to become a geminate consonant; to hit the ball near the handle of the bat

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)